Leaf from Landscape Album, Cai Jia, 1735
Cai JiaChina, 1687–1779

Leaf from Landscape Album

1735 · Painting · 22.86 × 27.94 cm

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Waar is „Leaf from Landscape Album” nu? Collectie: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Nu niet te zien. Gecontroleerd 29 september 2026.

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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.

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98.67.2.1

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