A Study On The Mountain Retreat Painting Held By Musée Cernuschi

The Musée Cernuschi houses a rare Chinese handscroll,which is suspected to be a Ming Dynasty copy of Li Gonglin’s Painting of a Mountain Retreat.The scenic spots painted in it have unique artistic features,and the accompanying preface in calligraphy is of great historical and cultural significance,making it a valuable resource for further research on the Painting of a Mountain Retreat.These contents are related to both the extant copies of the painting and Su Zhe’s poems with a preface for the original work,and reflect the artistic concept of ‘embedding emotions and aspirations in scenic spot names and portraying oneself through scenery’.