Portrait of Zhao Zhiqian 1871

Wang Yuan's *Portrait of Zhao Zhiqian* (1871) is a hanging scroll depicting the Qing dynasty scholar-official Zhao Zhiqian. The painting, currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features a standing portrait of Zhao with calligraphic text, possibly a poem about him, written alongside the image. This portrait exemplifies the *xieyi* style, a distinctive Chinese painting tradition characterized by freehand brushwork and a focus on capturing the essence of the subject rather than strict realism.