石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第五冊,頁2454&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁128&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁147-148&* 賈全,生死時年籍貫,畫史都無記載,乾隆時,任職內廷畫院供奉。工畫人物山水。畫法接近金廷標,樹石皴紋喜歡使用「小斧劈」法,山石明暗向背,絕少渲染。如本軸畫山腳溪旁,老梅著花,文士三人正據石案,捉筆題詠,人物樹石,著色尚稱雅麗,唯用筆繁細瑣碎,過於刻畫,反傷自然含蓄的韻致。&*Writing Poetry by Plum Blossoms Chia Ch’üan (active 1736-1796) Ch’ing dynasty The details of Chia Ch’üan’s life are not recorded in the histories of painting. He served as a painter in the painting academy during the Ch’ien-lung period (1736-1796) and specialized in figures and landscapes. His style approached that of Chin T’ing-piao, particularly in the use of the “small axe stroke” to render the surfaces of trees and rocks. He made little use of ink wash to produce the strong contrast of light and shade on the rugged surface of rocks. This painting represents the foot of a mountain beside a stream, where an ancient plum tree is blooming and three scholars lean against a stone bench writing poetry. The use of color in the figures, trees, and rocks is elegant and beautiful, but the filling in of details with the brush is overdone and rather stiff, destroying any feeling of naturalness or spontaneity.