| 内容简介（英文） | Chin T’ing-piao was a native of Wu-ch’eng (Hu-chou, Chekiang). He was a particularly fine figure painter and very skilled at sketching from life, sometimes employing chiaroscuro effects. He also painted in pai-miao ink-outline mode and architectural paintings. In 1760 Chin T’ing-piao presented an album of Lohan paintings to Emperor Ch’ien-lung during the imperial southern inspection tour, and he was then called to paint at the court. Two layers of distant mountains are half-hidden in mists. Willows grow on a foreground slope. Five children meet an adult on a path, an acquaintance judging by their salutations. The children seem to have been playing. Though momentarily at rest, glancing at the visitor, their eyes still betray joy and excitement. |
