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The studious woodcutter Zhu Maichen
Follower of Jiang Song (active late 15th-early 16th century)
Formerly attributed to Zhang Shunmin (active late 11th-early 12th century)
16th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 158.7 x 97.6 cm (62 1/2 x 38 7/16 in)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
The poor woodcutter Zhu Maichen loved classical literature. Every day he trudged to market carrying bundles of firewood on a shoulder pole while reciting favorite passages and poems. Zhu’s
