波士顿藏(传)阎立本《历代帝王图》与研究.pdfVIP

波士顿藏（传）阎立本《历代帝王图》研究 The Thirteen Emperors Attributed to Yan Liben: A Study of Lidai diwang tu in MFA Shen Wei Abstract ： Lidai diwang tu (The Thirteen Emperors) is a Chinese scroll painting attributed to Yan Liben (600–673), a painter in early Tang Dynasty. Publicly known in the early twentieth century, it was collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) in 1931. Ever since it was inscribed by Fu Bi of the Northern Song Dynasty, the title of the painting has been included in writings through dynasties despite the fact that the painting itself was in a seriously damaged condition and therefore restored for several times. One possible reason is that original Chinese scroll figure paintings in the early period have been rarely seen. The Thirteen Emperors, as what can be observed from its present condition, features thirteen emperors from former dynasties and consists of two sections painted in two different periods, the former section in a late period and the latter in an earlier period. As an approach to The Thirteen Emperors of the MFA version, this dissertation is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is a survey of and examination and correction on the recording and circulation of The Thirteen Emperors of the MFA version, based on related literature search and the author’s investigation of the original painting and an examination of the inscription on the painting. Through an analytical comparison of a variety of documents, the author rectifies the mistakes and omissions in previous researches on the painting and forms a relatively clear and thorough picture of the circulation of the painting since the middle Northern Song Dynasty, with a bibliography of the writings th