This depicts Song Taizu (personal name Zhao Kuangyin, 927-976; reigned 960-976), the first emperor of the Song dynasty.
This painting has neither the painter's seal nor signature. However, a small label had been attached to a blank area at the arm rest with the three characters "Song Taizu" (宋太祖). It probably was added when the scroll was remounted in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
日期
Song dynasty (960-1279)
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
191 x 169 cm
Collection
National Palace Museum, Taipei
Accession number
中-畫-000302-00000
Place of creation
China during the Song dynasty
註
The painting is among those recorded in Wang Yun's (王恽) "Catalog of Painting and Calligraphy" (书画目录) written during the Yuan dynasty. (See: Page 90 of 故宮圖像選萃 (Gu gong tu xiang xuan cui) Masterpieces of Chinese Portrait Painting in the National Palace Museum. Taipei: National Palace Museum. 1971.)
References
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum. 展件介紹. 國寶再現-書畫菁華特展 (展覽). 臺北: 國立故宮博物院.
Source/Photographer
Descriptions of the Works. Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.
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