明 董其昌 山水圖詩 冊, Landscapes and Poems, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 17th century, probably after 1625, China, Album of eight paintings and eight calligraphies; ink, gold and color on gold-flecked paper, 12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (32. 1 x 23. 2 cm), Paintings, Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555?1636), Miffed that his tutor ranked him below his cousin because of inferior calligraphy, Dong Qichang at the age of sixteen dedicated himself to a study of the great calligraphers of the past. By the end of the century, he had become the most influential calligrapher of his age