File:Song Taizu (cropped).jpg
This depicts Song Taizu (personal name Zhao Kuangyin, 927-976; reigned 960-976), the first emperor of the Song dynasty.
This painting has neither the painter's seal nor signature. However, a small label had been attached to a blank area at the arm rest with the three characters "Song Taizu" (宋太祖). It probably was added when the scroll was remounted in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
Date |
Song dynasty (960-1279) |
Medium |
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk |
Dimensions |
191 x 169 cm |
Collection |
National Palace Museum, Taipei |
Accession number |
中-畫-000302-00000 |
Place of creation |
China during the Song dynasty |
Notes |
The painting is among those recorded in Wang Yun's (王恽) "Catalog of Painting and Calligraphy" (书画目录) written during the Yuan dynasty. (See: Page 90 of 故宮圖像選萃 (Gu gong tu xiang xuan cui) Masterpieces of Chinese Portrait Painting in the National Palace Museum. Taipei: National Palace Museum. 1971.) |
References |
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum. 展件介紹. 國寶再現-書畫菁華特展 (展覽). 臺北: 國立故宮博物院. |
Source/Photographer |
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum. |
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