石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第二冊,頁700&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁105&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十一冊,頁227-228&* 鄒一桂,生於康熙二十五(西元一六八六)年,卒於乾隆三十七(西元一七七二)年,江蘇無錫人。字原褒,號小山,又號讓卿,晚號二知老人。雍正五年進士,官至禮部侍郎,加尚書銜。著有小山畫譜。鄒一桂畫,原出惲南田,唯因作品多為應制之作,執規循矩,不敢逾越方圓之外,故用筆工整,著色雅艷。&* Tsou I-kuei was born in 1686 and died in 1772 at the age of 86. From Wu-hsi in Kiangsu, Tsou I-kuei used the style name Yüan-pao and the sobriquets Hsiao-shan, Jang-ch’in and, at a later date, Erh-chih lao-jen. He became a chin-shih in 1728, then as an important official he was commissioned a court painter. He was the author of Hsiao-shan Hua-pu, a commentary on landscape paintings. His style was based on that of Yün Shou-p’ing, and because most works were commissioned, they tended to be formal and to rarely manifest a free and spontaneous touch. The resulting brushwork is elegant in form and brilliant in color.