[Yinzhen Xingle Album · Tiger Stabbing Page]
Yinzhen Xingle Album · Tiger Stabbing Page, Qing Dynasty, silk version, color setting, 34.9 cm vertically and 31 cm horizontally
This is one of a set of thirteen pages. The picture shows Yin Zhen (Prince Yong) holding a fork and stabbing a tiger beside a cliff cave. Hunting a tiger is a common practice of Manchu emperors and princes in the early Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong in the middle of the Qing Dynasty also had a tiger stab map. The peculiar thing about the painting is Yin Zhen’s clothes. He wears a western wig and a western dress, just like a European dress
The figure painting in this painting is obviously characterized by portrait painting. The facial features are vivid and lifelike, which is very similar to another portrait of Yongzheng in the Forbidden City. According to scholars’ research, the way of expression of this painting is influenced by the “dress up dance portrait” popular in Europe at that time. Regardless of the painting method, the production of this painting reveals Yinzhen’s unique characteristics.
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