Plum blossoms in four scrolls
Jin Nong
(Chinese, 1687–1764)
1736
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 162.9 × 214 cm (64 1/8 × 84 1/4 in.)
Image: 96.6 x 51.6 cm (38 1/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2017.3902.1-4
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsArtist’s inscription and signature (2 columns in standard/lacquer script, dated 1736)
乾隆元年十月，在宣武門外寓樓中畫。錢唐金農
The tenth month of the first year of the reign of Qianlong [1736], painted in my residence outside the Xuanwu Gate [north gate of Beijing], Qiantang [Hangzhou] Jin Nong
Provenance1959, sold by Ma Jizuo (b. 1915 – d. 2009), Hong Kong, to Wan-go H.C. Weng, New York and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2017, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)
