Ren Renfa, Two Horses, in Fu Xinian, ed., Zhongguo meishu quanji huihua pian 5: Yuandai huihua (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1989), pl. 36, p. 53. Collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing. handscroll, ink and colors on silk, x cm . Detail of Two Horses by Chinese artist and Yuan Dynasty loyalist Ren Renfa; a similar painting is Gong Kai's Emaciated Horse, although Gong Kai's Emaciated Horse contains subtle message of political protest against the Yuan Dynasty, while Ren's painting here simply represents a stalwart official who dutifully serves office, takes nothing for hi

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Ren Renfa, Two Horses, in Fu Xinian, ed., Zhongguo meishu quanji huihua pian 5: Yuandai huihua (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1989), pl. 36, p. 53. Collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing. handscroll, ink and colors on silk, x cm . Detail of Two Horses by Chinese artist and Yuan Dynasty loyalist Ren Renfa; a similar painting is Gong Kai's Emaciated Horse, although Gong Kai's Emaciated Horse contains subtle message of political protest against the Yuan Dynasty, while Ren's painting here simply represents a stalwart official who dutifully serves office, takes nothing for himself, and is void of corruption. Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, x cm. Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). Ren Renfa (1254–1357) 1053 Ren Renfa, Two Horses, detail

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