书体:

色彩:

水墨

装裱形式:

册(蝴蝶装‧折扇式)

创作时间:

明世宗嘉靖三十六年（1558）

文字类型:

质地:

本幅纸

释文:

印记资料:

鑑藏宝玺：乾隆御赏之宝
鑑藏宝玺：养心殿鑑藏宝
鑑藏宝玺：石渠宝笈
鑑藏宝玺：三希堂精鑑玺
鑑藏宝玺：宜子孙
鑑藏宝玺：嘉庆御览之宝

题跋资料:

题跋类别：作者款识；作者：朱朗；题跋位置：本幅；款识：戊午（西元一五五八年）秋日朱朗戏笔；书体：行书；全文： 印记：子朗

主题:

主要主题：树木杨柳柳主要主题：草虫螳螂 主要主题：草虫蝉 

技法:

写意 

参考资料:

收藏着录： 石渠宝笈初编（养心殿），上册，页493-494 收藏着录： 故宫书画录（卷八），第四册，页165 收藏着录： 故宫书画图录，第三十册，页236-243 参考书目： 1.王耀庭，〈朱朗螳螂捕蝉〉，收入国立故宫博物院编辑委员会编，《草虫画特展图录》（台北：国立故宫博物院，1986年初版），页73。2.刘芳如，〈中国古画里的草虫世界 — 「草虫天地」特展介绍（下）〉，《故宫文物月刊》，第221期（2001年8月），页98。 内容简介（中文）： 朱朗，字子朗，号青溪，苏州人。师文征明称入室。倣文笔毕肖，凡有所作多讬征明名，故世知之者少。某次有人派一童子，持钱币求朱朗，作一文征明假画，童子误送至文征明处，说明主人来意。文征明竟笑而同意，并对友朋说：「我画眞征仲聊当假子朗可乎？」一时传为笑谈。本幅画柳叶中藏一蝉，螳螂举臂欲捕蝉，用笔厚拙，不以巧趣取胜，别有粗疏之美感。本幅选自明人「便面集锦」（一）。 内容简介（中文）： 朱朗（十六世纪）是江苏苏州的画家。曾经师法文征明（一四二七—一五五九），因笔法近似，作品常签署文氏之名，以致存世作品反而鲜少人知晓。本幅选自「明人便面集锦（一）」。在摇曳的柳叶当中，栖息着一只夏蝉，不远处，出现了高举双臂的螳螂，做势想要捕捉它。整件作品纯用水墨，下笔厚拙，虽不以纤巧取胜，却别有一番粗疏、自然的趣味。 内容简介（英文）： Mantis Stalking a Cicada Chu Lang (16th c.) Ming Dynasty Chu Lang, a native of Soochow, was once a student of the famed Wen Cheng-ming (1427-1559). Since Chu’s style follows that of his teacher closely, many of his works came to bear Wen’s forged signature. Hence, little is known about Chu’s style. This leaf from the album “Collected Gems of Ming Fans (I)” shows the drooping branches of a willow tree in summer. High up rests a large cicada. A praying mantis, not far below on a branch, raises its forelegs in a position as if having caught sight of the cicada. Perhaps it is about to pounce. This work in the format of a folding fan was done entirely in ink, and the brushwork is somewhat coarse. What this work lacks in refinement, it certainly makes up in terms of spontaneity and drama. 内容简介（英文）： Mantis Pursuing a Cicada Chu Lang Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Chu Lang was a native of Soochow. His style name was Tzu-lang, sobriquet Ch’ing-hsi. Chu was a disciple of Wen Cheng-ming, his paintings in the manner of his master closely resemble Wen’s work. Most of his paintings bear forged Wen Cheng-ming’s signatures, consequently, Chu is little known. One day, a man dispatched his boy attendant with money to request a faked Wen’s scroll from Chu. The boy, by mistake, sent the money to Wen. After the boy explained the purpose of his visit, Wen rather unexpectedly agreed on the deal with a smile. Later Wen said to his friends, “May my authentic painting be somehow viewed as a fabricated Tzu-lang’s work?” It had been an amusing topic for a time. This painting depicts a cicada hiding behind willow leaves and a mantis raising its foreleg to catch it. His use of the brush is blunt. Although the painting is not marked by marvellous skillfulness, it yields another type of aesthetic beauty, namely, boldness. This painting is a leaf from the Album of Folding Fan Painting of Ming Dynasty.