Description 全家福 Family Gathering
釋文：
（下）全家福，莫怪去遲遲，予心君亦知。膝前嬌小女，眼底寧馨兒。學語渠渠問，牽裳步步隨。出門雖不遠，情愛未能移。
款識：
（上）丁衍庸寫。
（下）宋梅堯臣詩，古人寫全家福甚難得。丁酉夏，何懷碩。
鈐印：
（上）丁氏（白文）
（下）澀盫（朱文）、何（白文）、懷碩（朱文）
Signed Ding Yan-Yong and He Huai-Shuo in Chinese
With four seals of the artists
《全家福》上段由丁衍庸寫生，下段則是知名書法家何懷碩隸書、行書題款並作，全幅構圖極富創造力，並著重於寫真狀物的精神表現，丁衍庸以墨色暈染描繪雙雞體態，寫意的線條明快流暢：翅羽橫筆猷勁有力、尾羽方折之處可見圓融；畫小雞用墨色作出暈瀋清雅之感，面顏露出童心天真的諧趣，既能表現出雞群的豐腴飽滿，又可突顯出丁氏不做作、不拘泥形式的筆墨情調。
Family Gathering was composed in two parts, a life drawing on the top and a calligraphy of seal and running scripts by He Huai-Shuo on the bottom. The painting is a creative piece which focuses on the representation of characters of objects. Colour gradation was used to draw the cock and hen. Freehand strokes were used in a smooth and swift manner. Feathers of the wings were sturdy and those on the tail were round and smooth. Chickens were colour-filled to create a refreshed scene. The naive expressions of chickens were depicted, thus completing the harmonious scene of the chicks. This work would yet be another marvelous piece that highlights Ding's natural depiction in a cheerful character.
Dimensions (Top) 34 x 34.5 cm; (Bottom) 25.5 x 35 cm
Artist or Maker DING YAN-YONG (Chinese, 1902-1978); HE HUAI-SHUO (Taiwanese, b. 1941)
Medium 水墨 紙本 鏡框 Ink on paper, framed
