Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu, Three horsemen riding under willows
Gift of Charles Lang Freer · National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu

Three horsemen riding under willows

15th century

Current Collection

National Museum of Asian Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
186.2 × 95.1 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-126400

Reflecting the wealth and privilege of their high social class, three aristocratic equestrians race through an open forest glade, engaged either in training or sport and clearly enjoying their sleek, well-fed steeds. This is probably a surviving portion of a much larger work. All three horsemen look to the left, where the focus of the original composition used to be. Earlier paintings of the same…

Provenance

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Registry history

  • 15th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art

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