Collection And Identification Of Yan Song’s Calligraphy And Painting

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty,Suzhou became the economic center of the whole country,and its relatively free political air away from the capital made many famous calligraphy and painting artists emerge in this area.Private collection is increasingly flourishing,is in the Ming Dynasty official painting and calligraphy antiques as wages,accelerated the development of calligraphy and painting antiques art market,showing many famous calligraphy and painting collectors such as Huaxia,Lu Wan,Han Shineng,Xiang Yuan Bian and so on.However,Yan Song father and son decay,its calligraphy and painting collection quickly dispersed.Yan Song’s collection traces(seal and postscript)are rarely seen in the old collection of Yan Song’s calligraphy and painting.The author explores Yan Song’s appreciation level by analyzing the source,approach,commonness and postscript of Yan Song’s calligraphy and painting collection.