ZHANG Erkang
(China)
- Title
- Landscape after Dai Xi
- Place of origin
-
China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- 1896
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
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65.0 x 32.2cm image; 164.0 x 44.5cm overall
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. James Hayes 2011
- Accession number
- 385.2011
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
ZHANG Erkang, a native of Wanping (presently south of Beijing), was a painter active during the late 19th century. His life is sketchy, but he is known for his copies of Dai Xi’s (1801-1860) paintings. Sometimes these works were inscribed with Zhang’s own name; on other occasions they were simply forged as Dai’s paintings, which were considered too close to Dai’s brush work to distinguish.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, June 2011.
