A Literatus Looking into the Distance

It is a painting from Southern Song Dynasty. This work is close to the style of Ma Yuan, who is one of the best-known masters at that time, and has a typical style of court painting. It mainly depicts an old pine tree, a noble literatus dressed in white, with a maid standing aside. The brushstrokes of the pine trees and stones are tough but elegant. And the pavilion is painted with a ruler, which is a common technique in paintings in Song dynasty.