石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第二冊,頁744&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁112&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十二冊,頁167-168&* 錢維城(西元一七二○-一七七二年),字宗磐,號茶山,江蘇武進人。乾隆十年(一七四五)狀元,官至刑部侍郎。早年曾隨陳書學畫花卉,後來亦畫山水,學元代的王蒙和清初的王原祁,並得董邦達指導,為當時宮中畫苑領袖。 他的作品有構圖繁密,筆墨蒼秀的特色。本幅畫山中寺院、村屋依著樹林丘壑錯落有致,雲霞棲留在其間。這是江蘇省江寧縣棲霞寺的全景。 &* Ch’ien Wei-ch’eng, a native of Kiangsu, was the top civil service candidate of 1745 and went on to service in office. As a youth, he studied flower painting under his grandmother Ch’en Shu. He later also studied the landscape styles of Wang Meng and Wang Yüan-ch’i and learned from Tung Pang-ta, becoming a leading court artist at the time. Ch’ien Wei-ch’eng’s works feature a tightly organized composition and vigorous yet elegant brushwork. In this painting is a depiction of a monastery and cottages that lean scattered on a mountainside. They sit among forested hills and valleys with clinging mists and clouds. This work represents a view of the scenery at Ch’i-hsia Temple near Nanking.