Ding Gaojin’s portrait scroll

[Ding Gao’s portrait of Jin Jieren Volume]

The portrait of Jin Jieren Volume, Qing Dynasty, Ding Gao’s painting, silk version, color setting, 36 cm vertically and 131.8 cm horizontally
The lower left paragraph of this page is signed with the following words: “Written by Ding Gao of Danyang.” The lower seal is “Ding Shi” and “Gao Yin”. After the volume, there are more than ten questions, such as Dou Guangnai, Jiang Shiquan, Gu Xuehan, Cai Tingheng and Yang Mingxin
The picture shows that in late spring, the green willows in Maoting, the new lotus in Zhuqing, a scholar holding a scroll in his left hand and a knee in his right hand, sitting on the stone bench on the bank, with letters and tea cups on the stone table beside him, and a child holding a fan to cook tea in the stove. The environment is fresh and elegant, and the leisurely life scene of scholars and scholars is vividly on the paper
From the content of the postscript, Jin Jieren, the main character in the painting, is an official, but the specific behavior is unknown, which needs further investigation. The expression method of the characters in the painting is slightly different from that of the Bochen School. The face is more flat and less chapped, so it looks flat. However, the air between the eyebrows is full of vitality, and it is also a vivid masterpiece. In the works of Bochen School, the portraits of people placed between mountains and rivers are mostly cooperative paintings, including those who dominate the scene, those who are not in harmony with the scenery, and this picture is undoubtedly a success in integrating people into the scenery and setting off the character’s elegant quality through the environment.