Qiu Ying's other patrons. (16th-century painter)

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: October 1, 1997| Author: Laing, Ellen Johnston | Copyright information

As a professional, the sixteenth-century painter Qiu Ying depended for his livelihood largely upon commissions from patrons. Earlier research has already identified his three "sustaining" patrons, in whose homes Qiu lived and worked as a painter-in-residence. This paper focuses on one-time customers and loyal, but intermittent, supporters. Throughout his career, Qiu received requests from these patrons, who came from the aristocracy, the gentry, and from families on the rise in sixteenth-cent...

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