AFTER WEN ZHENGMING
Hunting Scene, mid Qing dynastyHandscroll, presented in a rollable and removable frame, ink and color on silk, bearing a signature of Wen Zhengming and a seal, with a frontispiece bearing a signature of Ruan Yuan and two seals, with six collector's seals.Frontispiece: 11 x 23 3/4in (28 x 60.3cm)Painting: approximately 11 x 80 5/8in (28 x 204.5cm)Colophon: 11 x 39 1/4in (28 x 100cm)
Provenance:Yunnan Antique StoreEstate of Ms. Judith O'Harrow Greenberg (1933-2023), Chicago, Illinois(款)文徵明 出獵圖 設色絹本 手卷 清中期款識:丁卯春二月文壁製。鈐印:文壁藏印:業精於勤、家在會稽山陰之蘭亭、夢山心賞、梨雲圓夢、二印漫漶難辨題簽:清嘉慶絹地出獵圖引首:出獵圖,阮元書。鈐印:伯元父印、阮元私印尾跋一:自古前賢諸大名家,作書作畫以傳世代遺珍,悠遠以及唐宋於六朝晉人,慨可見矣。所稱内府御覽,雖傳人間稀少,而文公用墨奇筆之妙,設色之神,絕塵倍之,氣使人仰視而不可得。若宋元諸家,猶尚可以訪求,前代遺蹟,即片紙尺素,人人皆珍而藏之。此卷林巒布置重重,其高古雅淡、渾厚秀潤無比。余賞玩不甚欣悅,見卷中之意,足慰生平至願。文氏真蹟不易見並不易得也,故有獲見,乃為書之。乾隆十四年小陽春月朔,時在于康山江君穎長家藏文卷玩以子孫永寶之,稽留山民百二硯田富翁金農觀記。鈐印:金農、壽尾跋二:冬心先生有目鑒賞,善自識者,人人皆不能及與先生之目耳。我師書法畫法,諸為考也,見其多多。而此文公之卷,觀不失手,頗多其見識如此。卷中人物之古雅、山樹之幽奇,非文氏而不能作其筆。門人兩峰子羅聘同觀。鈐印:羅、聘尾跋三:江氏所藏文卷余見之,乃因二公題玩不已,而想其前人近作書畫之妙絕,但世人皆稱之為神品。清奇古秀,渾厚韶潤之姿,令人每見古人之筆稱奇者何意也?古人之厚皆不能及之,而金羅師生並題同觀于此卷,不愧余又觀得,真為希世之物於大賞家者也。嘉慶丙寅冬十有一月既望,阮元跋。鈐印:伯元父印、阮元私印來源:雲南文物店舊藏朱迪斯·奧哈羅·格林伯格女士(1933-2023)遺產,伊利諾伊州芝加哥市
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