故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁79-80&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二冊,頁69-70&*1.劉芳如,〈宋蘇漢臣秋庭戲嬰圖〉,收入劉芳如、葛婉章編,《嬰戲圖》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1990年四月初版),頁80。 2.劉芳如,〈宋蘇漢臣秋庭戲嬰圖〉,收入劉芳如、葛婉章編,《嬰戲圖》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1990年四月初版),頁83。 3.劉芳如,〈書畫菁華特展 — 蘇漢臣秋庭嬰戲圖〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第163期(1996年10月),頁53。 4.李霖燦,〈故宮博物院的名畫寶藏(下)〉,《故宮季刊》,第十四卷第一期(1979年秋),頁77-92。 &*蘇漢臣(約西元十二世紀),河南開封人。曾任宣和畫院待詔,北宋亡於金後,南宋紹興年間又進畫院復職。師劉宗古,工畫道釋、人物臻妙,尤善嬰孩。本幅繪桐蔭蔽日,三童子聚集於樹底消暑,中一人持細棒鬥促織為戲,旁二人亦喜亦懼,欲試又止,情態異常逗人,惟人物比例暨衣飾敷染稍嫌板刻,疑為後代畫家託名之作。&*Su Han-ch'en was a native of K'ai-feng, Honan. He was employed as a Painter-in-Attendance at the Painting Academy during the Hsuan-ho reign of the Northern Sung (1119-1125). After the Northern Sung fell to the Chin, he fled south and was reemployed in his old position at the Southern Sung court during the Shao-hsing reign (1131-1162). Su Han-ch'en studied with Liu Tsung-ku. He excelled as a figure painter, especially of religious subjects and children. Three children gather under the shade of a spreading firmania tree, enjoying the refreshing shade. One child uses a thin staff to toy with a cricket. Two children to the side look both excited and frightened, wanting to join in, but a little hesitant. The expressions of the children are vividly portrayed, but the clothes are painted rather stiffly. This may be the work of a later artist, with Su Han-ch'en's name added for prestige.