清 任頤 石上讀書 扇面, Scholar on a Rock, Ren Yi, ca. 1880

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清 任頤 石上讀書 扇面, Scholar on a Rock, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), ca. 1880, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper, Image: 7 1/2 x 21 3/16 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Ren Yi (Ren Bonian) (Chinese, 1840–1896), Rendered in highly controlled contours of uniform width and geometric perfection that appear engraved rather than brushed, this fan painting is probably an early work exemplifying Ren Yi's mastery of the archaistic idiom of his fellow townsman Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), who was an important model for each of the Four Rens

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