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Composing Poetry in the Hall of the Luxuriant Cypress
Also titled Poëzie maken in de Hal van de weelderige cipres
1781
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- diameter 41 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This is a typical ‘landscape of the study’ (shuzai shanshui). In that genre, scholars are depicted in their study in the midst of nature. This painting was made for Ye Tang, a famous actor at the Chinese opera in the late 18th century. His study was called the ‘Hall of the Luxuriant Cypress’. Ye Tang is depicted as a poet, alone in his study.
