Leaf from Landscape Album
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Leaf from Landscape Album” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Originally trained as a silversmith, Cai Jia became a professional painter celebrated for his refined landscapes. This twelve-leaf album presents an elegant journey through the Jiangnan countryside of eastern China, alternating between monochrome ink and delicate color washes. Several leaves pay homage to celebrated Song and Yuan masters, reinterpreting their compositional ideas and brush idioms in Cai’s own lyrical style. Snow scenes, riverside villages, distant peaks, and solitary pavilions unfold one after another, encouraging slow, sequential viewing. Together the leaves exemplify the Qing literati ideal of transforming the past into something personal, creating landscapes that are at once historically informed and quietly poetic.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 98.67.2.1
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
