Fan page of Chen Jiayan’s cock crowing picture

[Fan page of Chen Jiayan’s picture of crowing chicken]

Fan page of the picture of crowing chicken, Ming Dynasty, Chen Jiayan’s painting, gold paper, color setting. 17 cm vertically and 52.4 cm horizontally
The self-knowledge of this painting: “The hope of August in Guiyou is to write the picture of crowing of chickens. Chen Jiayan.” According to the “Guiyou”, the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573), the author is 34 years old, and the “hope of August” is August 15. After the seal, “Jiayan” white square seal and “Kong Zhang” red square seal are stamped respectively
At dawn, the sun looms in the thin clouds, and the dawn is glimmering. In the courtyard, the bamboo is verdant, the autumn chrysanthemum is beautiful, and a rooster is singing on the grass slope. In the picture, the rooster uses small freehand brushwork, instead of sketching the body with a sharp pen, and writes directly with a fine pen. The strokes are fine, strong, and beautiful. The head and back of the rooster are colored, while the belly and tail are transited with dark colors, realistic and vivid
The rooster sings and wakes up everything. A new day is coming. The painting was created in the first year of Wanli, and should be congratulated on the new emperor’s accession to the throne.