Ding Gao (? - 1761): ‘Landschap met mythische dieren', inkt en kleur op zijde

Dim.: 586 x 39,5 cm (total scroll size)
Dim.: 54 x 36 cm (calligraphy section)
Dim.: 172,5 x 34 cm (landscape with animals)
Dim.:  26,5 x 17 cm (single line text panel)

Ding Gao, courtesy name Hezhou, was born in Danyang, Jiangsu, and lived in Ganquan (now Yangzhou). Coming from a family of painters, with great-grandfather Ding Yuchen, grandfather Ding Yihou, father Ding Siming, all being very good at portraiture. He was the author of 'Yinyang Xushilun' (On Yinyang emptiness and fullness), in which he made it clear that 'every aspect of painting - from composition to the use of ink to the relationship between the artist's mental state and the painting itself - needs to follow the patterns of yinyang.'

Colophons by Xin Congyi (1760 - 1828), a Qing minister and Wang Zongcheng (1763 - 1837), a Qing politician.

The work has one artist seal and two collector seals.

丁皋，字鹤洲，江苏丹阳人，居江苏甘泉（今扬州）。清代传真画家。出身于绘画世家，曾祖丁雨辰、祖父丁依侯、父丁思铭等均擅长人形写真（传真）。工于山水人物，尤擅人物画，存世作品有《桐华盦主三十六岁小像》。作《写真妙诀》，立「浑元一圈」之法，于人物画理论有创见。清代有蒋骥着《传神秘要》、沈宗骞《芥舟学画编》有「传神」一卷，加上丁皋的《写真秘诀》，合称清代「传神三论」。

款识：

鹤洲丁皋写。 辛从益题引首：于静寓动。筠谷辛从益。钤印：辛从益印 王宗诚题后跋：丁皋者字鹤洲，江苏丹阳人，其曾祖丁雨辰祖父丁俟侯父丁新如子丁以诚皆精于写照……当以宝之，中孚王宗诚敬题。钤印：王宗诚印

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in excellent condition, with some signs of aging at the beginning of the hand roll, the paper is partly damaged.
- The remaining parts are well preserved, and the silk paintings are in good condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 手卷整体品相良好，开端部分正常老化，纸张有部分破损。
- 剩余部分保存完好，绢画状态完好。