《翁嵩年负土图》卷,清,禹之鼎绘,纸本,淡设色,纵41.8厘米,横128.8厘米。
本幅题“负土图”。款署“康熙丁丑仲夏广陵禹之鼎写”,钤“禹之鼎印”、“尚基”印二方。丁丑为清康熙三十六年(1697年),禹之鼎时年51岁。卷后有张英、高士奇、孙应龙等多家题跋。
此图描绘翁嵩年带着仆人为亡故的亲人负土建坟的场景。画中翁嵩年头戴方巾,神情肃然,腰缠麻绳,右手拄杖,侧立桥头,遥指前方,面向两仆似有所语。背景郁树葱葱,荒草遍地,小桥流水,偏僻而雅静。翁嵩年的负土之举被看作是行孝的榜样,因而得到了题跋人士的纷纷赞扬。
画中的主要人物面部用淡墨晕染,然后再渲赭色,惟妙惟肖,形神兼具。衣纹以“兰叶描”画出,潇洒飘逸。仆人仅用几笔勾出,其衣纹和裸露的腿部以遒劲粗放的线条写出,具“钉头鼠尾描”的笔意,突出了人物的动态。
此卷的构图颇具匠心,以次衬主,静态中蕴涵动势,背景荒肃寂静,彰显了主人公优雅的气度和忧伤的心境。
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"Weng Songnian Negative Soil Map" Volume, Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhiding Painting, Paper, light color, vertical 41.8 cm, horizontal 128.8 cm.
This title is "Negative Soil Map". Section Department "Kangxi Ding Ugly Midsummer Guangling Yuzhiding Writing", Jun "Yuzhiding Seal" and "Shangji" Seal. Ding Chou was thirty-six years old (1697) in Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, and Yu Zhiding was 51 years old. There are many inscriptions and postscripts after the volume, such as Zhang Ying, Gao Shiqi, Sun Yinglong and so on.
This picture depicts the scene of Weng Songnian taking his servant to build a civil grave for his deceased relatives. In the painting, Weng Songnian wears a square scarf with a solemn look. He has a hemp rope around his waist, a stick in his right hand, and a bridge on his side. He points to the front, facing the two servants as if he had something to say. The background is lush and lush with weeds all over the place. The bridge is flowing with water. It is remote and elegant. Weng Songnian's undertaking to bear the soil was regarded as an example of filial piety, which was praised by the inscribers and postscripts.
The face of the main characters in the painting is dyed with light ink and then shaded with ochre, which is both vivid and spiritual. The clothes are painted with "blue leaves" and elegant. Servants only use a few strokes to outline, their clothes and bare legs are written in strong and extensive lines, with the "nail head and rat tail" strokes, highlighting the dynamics of the characters.
The composition of this volume is quite ingenious, with the secondary lining of the main body, static contains momentum, the background is solemn and silent, highlighting the hero's elegant demeanor and sad mood.