清, 石濤 (朱若極), 四季山水圖, 冊, Landscapes of the Four Seasons, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper, 8 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (21 x 31. 4 cm), Paintings, Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642?1707), Shitao frequently employed the album format to give full play to his imaginative use of brush techniques and compositional designs. In this series of eight leaves, datable stylistically to the last decade of the artist's life, he explores the theme of landscape