石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁1161 &*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁490 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第九冊,頁221-222 &*1.〈明藍瑛秋老梧桐〉,收入國立故宮博物院編,《晚明變形主義畫家作品展》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1977年九月初版),頁390。 &* 藍瑛(生於西元一五八五年,年八十歲尚在世),浙江錢塘人。字田叔,號蜨叟,又號西湖外史,晚號石頭陀。善畫山水、花鳥。 畫家措意,出枝鉤葉畫鳥,相當輕鬆。畫上斜下一枝,飛來文鳥一隻,一停住,承受之下,枝葉也微微搖蕩。蕭疏的布局,自是題句:「畫得秋色老梧桐」的畫境。 &*Lan Ying (style name T’ien-shu and sobriquets Hsi-hu wai-shih, Chieh-shou, and Shih-t’ou-t’uo. He excelled at painting landscapes and birds-and-flowers. In this painting, the artist has focused on outlining the branches and leaves as well as rendering the bird in a light and easy manner. The branch of the firmiana tree extends diagonally down from the top of the hanging scroll as a Java sparrow sits perched on it. Under the weight of the bird, the branch and leaves appear to waver slightly. In the upper left corner of this spacious composition, the artist inscribed the following; “Painting an old firmiana tree in the colors of autumn.”