石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第四冊,頁1811&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁338-339&*故宮書畫圖錄,第六冊,頁303-304&*周臣(約西元一四五0─一五三五年),江蘇吳縣人。字舜卿,號東?,善山水人物。山水師陳暹,間傳宋人畫法,得力於李唐、劉松年、馬遠、夏珪。用筆純熟縝密,風骨峭勁雅健,嘗傳授筆法與唐寅、仇英。 本幅畫坡上?松數株,二人專心對弈於岸邊草廬之中,一人騎驢而至,驢後童僕持琴隨行。全作墨色濃重,筆觸銳利,構圖層次分明,誠為周臣傳世佳作。&*Playing chess by a Pine-Shaded Window Chou Ch’en (ca. 1450-1535) Ming Dynasty Chou Ch’en, a native of Kiangsu, excelled at both landscape and figure painting. In landscapes, he based his style on the works of the Sung masters Li T’ang, Liu Sung-nien, Ma Yüan, and Hsia Kuei. Chou’s mature brush was sharp, strong, and refined; his style was followed by T’ang Yin and Ch’iu Ying. In this painting are several pine trees standing on a hillside. Two figures concentrate on their game of chess in a thatched hut. A figure rides a donkey, and a boy servant carrying a lute follows behind. The entire work has been done with dark ink and the brushwork is sharp and the layers of the composition well defined, making this an exceptional work by Chou Ch’en.