The Sixteen Luohans dated 1667 Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) Chinese Shitao, born Zhu Ruoji, a scion of the Ming imperial family, escaped death in his youth by taking refuge in the Buddhist priesthood. In 1662 he became a disciple of the powerful Chan (Zen) master Lüan Benyue (d. 1676). In the late 1660s and 1670s, while living in seclusion in temples around Xuancheng, Anhui Province, he taught himself to paint. In The Sixteen Luohans, Shitaos earliest major extant work, the young painter, then twenty-five, drew what are possibly the most effective figures since the Yuan period (1279-1368). A rare religious subject for Shitao, known for his visionary landscapes, the scroll depicts the sixteen guardian luohans (saints) ordered by the Buddha to live in the mountains and protect the Buddhist law until the coming of the future Buddha. Stylistically, the immediate sources for Shitaos figures were late Ming painters, such as Ding Yunpeng (1547-ca. 1621) and Wu Bin (act. ca. 1583-1626). Unlike Wu Bin

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The Sixteen Luohans dated 1667 Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) Chinese Shitao, born Zhu Ruoji, a scion of the Ming imperial family, escaped death in his youth by taking refuge in the Buddhist priesthood. In 1662 he became a disciple of the powerful Chan (Zen) master Lüan Benyue (d. 1676). In the late 1660s and 1670s, while living in seclusion in temples around Xuancheng, Anhui Province, he taught himself to paint. In The Sixteen Luohans, Shitaos earliest major extant work, the young painter, then twenty-five, drew what are possibly the most effective figures since the Yuan period (1279-1368). A rare religious subject for Shitao, known for his visionary landscapes, the scroll depicts the sixteen guardian luohans (saints) ordered by the Buddha to live in the mountains and protect the Buddhist law until the coming of the future Buddha. Stylistically, the immediate sources for Shitaos figures were late Ming painters, such as Ding Yunpeng (1547-ca. 1621) and Wu Bin (act. ca. 1583-1626). Unlike Wu Bin

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