A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty after Wen Zhenming.

Purchased in China by a Swedish Collector in the early 1960s, thence by descent. The Collector worked for the Etnografic Museum in Stockholm and had a great interest in Chinese Works of Art.

Wen Zhengming (1470–1559) was a leading Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar. Wen Zhengming is regarded as one of the “Four Masters of Ming” (明四家), which also include Shen Zhou (沈周), Tang Yin (唐寅), and Qiu Ying (仇英). The longest living of the four and attracting many students, Wen Zhengming had sons who followed his footsteps and many disciples as well. Consequently, he had a great impact on painting and calligraphy of the middle and late Ming dynasty and became known along with Shen Zhou as a leader of the Wu School.