Grooms and horses 1296 - 1359

aged paper

toned paper

light pencil work

water colours

pastel soft colours

asian-art

21_yuan-dynasty-1271-1368

historical fashion

underpainting

horse

men

china

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

watercolor

"Grooms and Horses" is a handscroll painting by Zhao Mengfu, a renowned Chinese painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty. Completed sometime between 1296 and 1359, it is a masterful example of *mogu* ink painting. The work depicts a groom holding the reins of a white horse, capturing the essence of both animal and human form through subtle brushstrokes and washes. The scroll is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.