Landscape Album in Various Styles: Spring Plowing

Zha Shibiao’s ‘Spring Plowing’ was created in 1684. It is part of a landscape album in various styles. The medium is ink and light color on paper.

The painting measures an unknown size as the dimensions are not listed. It is an album leaf from the Qing dynasty.

Zha Shibiao moved to Yangzhou in the 1670s. His move may have been voluntary or a necessity due to political changes.

Zha Shibiao was influenced by Hong Ren and Ni Zan. His family were Ming dynasty aristocrats and art collectors.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.37.2

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