Viewing Plum Blossoms with Warm Wine 溫酒賞梅圖

Inscriptions

Inscribed by the artist:丁酉長至邗上袁江畫 On winter’s solstice of the year dingyou [1717], painted by Yuan Jiang of Hanshang [Yangzhou]. Seal: 文涛，袁江之印 Collector's seal: 陳□□藏書畫

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago : Ming (1368-1644) Ching (1644-1921) dynasties Exhibition 1964

Publications

Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles (NY: Ronald Press, 1956-58), vol. VII, Annotated Lists, p. 460. James Cahill, “Yüan Chiang and His School (Part II)”, Ars Orientalis vol. VI (1966), pp. 197-8, fig. 7. Jack Sewell, Ming-Ch'ing Dynasties [Exh. cat.] (AIC, 1964), p. (9)

Quick Overview

Artist: Yuan Jiang 袁江 (Chinese, active 1688–1746)
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1717
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
Dimensions: 165 × 99 cm (65 × 39 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: hanging scroll
Style: Chinese (culture or style)
Place: China
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Gift of Naomi Donnelley
Accession no.: 1944.437

Provenance

Naomi Donnelley (1873–1951), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1944.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.