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Ren Bonian: Zhong Kui  wikidata:Q78918725 reasonator:Q78918725
Artist
Ren Yi
任頤
(1840–1896)
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Zhong Kui
鍾馗像
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
"Ren Yi, a leader of the late Qing Shanghai school of painting, was a disciple of the painter Ren Xiong (1820–1857). A prolific artist, Ren Yi commanded a wide range of techniques. In this depiction of Zhong Kui, the legendary Demon Queller, for example, he adopted the figural style of Chen Hongshou (1598–1652).
During the late Qing dynasty, Zhong Kui became a popular symbol of Chinese opposition to the misrule of the Manchus and was often portrayed glowering ferociously over a motley retinue of cowering ghosts and demons. In Ren Yi's depiction, however, Zhong Kui appears as an elegant, if somewhat eccentric, scholar. His sword sheathed and a blossom stuck in his hair, he sits reading decorously beside a table laid out with archaic bronzes filled with flowers and fruits, an image that suggests it was the Chinese scholars' command of their cultural heritage rather than their military prowess that set them apart from their Manchu overlords."
—Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date 1883
date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Image: 67 5/8 x 36 3/4 in. (171.8 x 93.3 cm)
Overall with mounting: 120 x 40 5/8 in. (304.8 x 103.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 120 x 44 1/2 in. (304.8 x 113 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Asian Art
Accession number
2002.208.2
Place of creation China Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Gift of Cécile and Sandy Mactaggart, 2002
References
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37393

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