# A horse and rider

**Li Gonglin** (ca. 1049–1106)  
16th century?  
Ink on paper  
H x W: 44.7 x 24.8 cm (17 5/8 x 9 3/4 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1917.107. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1917.107/).

## About this work

Li Gonglin painted this in 16th century?. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Li Gonglin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/li-gonglin)

ca. 1049–1106

Li Gonglin was a scholar-official of the Northern Song dynasty and one of the most admired painters in Chinese history. A friend of the poet Su Shi, he raised baimiao, painting in pure ink outline without colour, to a scholarly art, depicting horses, Buddhist and Daoist figures and illustrations of classical texts. His Five Horses scroll is especially celebrated, and for centuries later painters copied and emulated his manner.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Chinese
- Real size: about 18 × 10 in (45 × 25 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Baimiao style, Animals, Horsemen and horsewomen, Horses, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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