石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第一冊,頁513&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁211&*李德茂(十三世紀後半)是河南孟縣人。南宋理宗時,擔任宮廷畫院的待詔。畫風學自父親李迪,然而功力則稍遜一籌。 本幅選自「宋元集繪」冊。畫郊原一角,幾株蘆葦草拔地而起,貫穿了整個畫幅,使得地平線感覺特別低,天空也越顯開闊。矮小的花叢間,復有粉蝶與紅蜻蜓各一對,在翩翩穿梭著。全畫的景物,雖然簡單,但這種「小景畫」的格局,卻不失為自然萬象中的美好縮影。&*Li Te-mao, a native of Honan province, served as a Painter-in-Attendance at the court of Emperor Li-tsung. His style followed that of his father Li Ti but was slightly lacking in force. This work, from the album “Collected Sung and Yüan Paintings”, shows an intimate countryside setting where several reed stalks rise from the grassy ground. The horizon line is quite low, making the tall reeds stand out against the expansive sky. Fluttering among the delicate blossoms and plants are a pair of small white butterflies and a pair of red dragonflies. Although the scene here is quite simple, the arrangement of this “intimate setting painting” still presents the beautiful wonders of nature in miniature form.&*1.王耀庭,〈李德茂蘆洲蜂蝶〉,收入國立故宮博物院編輯委員會編,《草蟲畫特展圖錄》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1986年初版),頁67。 2.劉芳如,〈中國古畫裡的草蟲世界 — 「草蟲天地」特展介紹(上)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第220期(2001年7月),頁15。