Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch First Web Resource of “Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy”

WASHINGTON, DC.- The earliest Chinese paintings in one of the most important collections in the West are now featured in a new public Web resource launched by the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries. “Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy” contains hundreds of images and comprehensive documentation of the Freer’s exceptional holdings of 85 works of Chinese brushwork from the 10th through the 14th centuries. The culmination of years of research and preparation, the Web site comprises an unprecedented assemblage [...]