王绎《杨竹西小像》考证

Inspecting "Yang Zhu-xi Figurine" by Wang Yi

现藏于北京故宫博物院的《杨竹西小像》是元代肖像画家王绎的传世作品。关于这幅肖像的主人,各家美术史和绘画史著作却有很大的分歧,一种观点认为此画主人是杨瑀,另一种观点认为是杨谦。通过对历史资料的分析与梳理,其像主应为元代诗人杨谦。有些美术史著作所谓像主为元代诗人杨瑀或元末退席官员杨瑀的说法其实是一种误传,有尽早纠正的必要。

The present possession of ＂Yang Zhu - xi Figurine＂ b： Wang Yi in the Beijing Imperial Palace Museum is a famous portrait by painter Wang Yi. As to the character on the portrait, there is a huge difference concerning the individual works of art history and painting history, one view holds that the owner of this painting is Yang Yu, another view is Yang Qian. The analysis of historical data and combing concludes that the man should be the poet Yang Qian. Some art history books hold that a canard that it is the poet yang Qian of Yuan Dynasty or an official Yang Qian and there is the need to correct it as soon as possible.