王鉴《陡壑密林图》鉴考

The Identification of Wang Jian’s ‘Steep Valleys and Dense Forest Landscape’ in Scroll

故宫博物院藏有王鉴康熙壬寅年(1662)仿黄公望《陡壑密林图》轴。王鉴在王时敏处得以目见黄氏原件,其对临或师仿黄氏此轴至少有六次,现存世四件,为立轴三件、册页一开,各各不一。检视康熙元年王鉴《陡壑密林图》轴,与同年所作《仿宋元山水》册相比,笔墨不及后者板实圆厚,非典型的王鉴笔墨特征,同时,《陡壑密林图》轴中题跋的墨色、行笔亦不如《仿宋元山水》册。作者基于这一结论,再结合王季迁原藏黄氏之《陡壑密林图》等存世作品,尝试进一步厘辨清初“四王”存世作品的真伪。

The hanging scroll of ‘Steep Valleys and Dense Forest Landscape’(Dou He Mi Lin Tú) after Huang Gongwang now collected in The Palace Museum was completed by Qing Painter Wang Jian in 1662. Ever since appreciating the original in Wang Shimin’s collection, Wang Jian made no less than six copies after it, four of which survive including three hanging scrolls and one sheet, with distinct feature of each. The comparison between this hanging scroll and the sheet of ‘Landscape after the Song-Yuan Style’(Fǎng Sòng Yuán Shān Shuǐ), both of which were completed in 1662, that the brushwork of the former is less solid, natural and thick than the latter, nor are ink colors and strokes. Combining with Wang Jiqian’s collected ‘Steep Valleys and Dense Forest Landscape’(Dou He Mi Lin Landscape) of Huang Gongwang and other extant works, the thesis attempts to identify the authenticity of the survival works of the “Four Wangs” of the early Qing dynasty.