ZHANG ZONGCANG (1686-1756)

Details

ZHANG ZONGCANG (1686-1756)

Landscape

Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 50¼ x 19¼in. (127.5 x 49cm.)

Signed: "Respectfully painted by Chen Zhang Zongcang"

Two seals of the artist: Zhang, Zong Cang

Inscribed with a poem by Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795), dated 1775

Fourteen collectors' seals, including nine imperial collection seals of the Qianlong and Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820) emperors and five of Zhang Xueliang

Literature

Shiqu Baoji Xubian Yangxindian ("Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy in the Imperial Collection"), commissioned by the Qianlong emperor and completed in 1793

Lot Essay

A native of Suzhou, Zhang Zongcang studied painting with the well-traveled and versatile painter Huang Ding (1660-1730) during his retirement in the city. Zhang received his appointment as a painter in the imperial court of the Emperor Qianlong as a result of presenting several of his paintings to the ruler during his Southern Inspection Tour of 1751.