石渠寶笈續編(御書房),第四冊,頁2244&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁123&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十三冊,頁231-232&* 金廷標(活動於一七六0年至一七六四年間),字士揆,烏程人。工人物、花卉。乾隆南巡時,進白描羅漢冊,遂得為畫院祇侯。在京師供職時間,頗得高宗讚賞。廷標用筆不尚工繳,而富流動機趣。喜用方筆,近明院派畫風,在盛清宮廷畫家中別具一格。 本幅畫一高士,敞軒中盤坐榻上,狀若有所待。長廊下幼童雙手捧書。前景庭園中配以石筍、松、竹、芭蕉。設色清新,秋爽之氣於雲煙中自可得之。 &* Chin T’ing-piao (style name Shih-k’uei) was a native of Niao-ch’en and a skilled painter of figural and floral subjects. After he presented an album of lohans painted in outline manner to the Ch’ien-lung Emperor (r. 1736-1795) when the latter was on an inspection tour of the south, Chin was awarded a position as a court painter. The emperor thought highly of his paintings. Chin’s brushwork was neither overly skillful nor delicate, but rather was quite spirited and fluid. The angular lines of his works are similar to those employed by academic artists of the Ming dynasty, which distinguished him from contemporaries. In this painting, a scholar is seen lying on a broad couch which has been set on an open balcony, and he appears to have the air of someone waiting. In the long corridor below, a servant carries a book in his clasped hands. In the foreground area, stones, bamboo, pines, and plantain grow within a courtyard. The colors are fresh and bright, and the autumnal atmosphere is amply suggested by the clouds and mist.