A Special Medicine Horizontal handscroll, uache on paper, inscribed lower left Heide, mounted with a frontispiece in seal script by Wang Guan (1847- ), with three of the calligrapher's seals, with additional colophons by Li Ruiqing (1867-1920) dated Guangxu bingwu (1906) with two of the calligrapher's seals, Yuan Kewen (1890-1931) dated yichou (1925), the third colophon by Deng Sanmu (1898-1963) with three calligrapher's seals, the final colophon by Zhang Xiaobin (1882-1968) dated gengzi (1960) with two calligrapher's seals, the titleslip on the outer mounting also by Zhang Xiaobin. 6 3/4 x 22 3/4in (17 x 58cm), the painting only, exclusive of the frontis piece and colophons 海德 特健藥 水粉紙本 卷軸 Provenance/來源:Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 1998加州舊金山遠東藝術中心，1998年Published/出版:Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-020, pp. 188-189戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-020，頁188-189 Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, pp. 528-529 Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年，頁528-529 Exhibited/展覽:New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日 Created by a young Dutch artist, this painting was likely presented to the diplomat Duanfang (1861-1911) during the 1905-1906 international tour of the Imperial Chinese Commission. Embracing the elongated horizontal format of a traditional Chinese handscroll, the artist illustrates a Dutch scene with European gouaches. To the left and right of the composition, the calligraphic colophons.... yi to. Concurrent with his government duties, Duanfang was a well-known art collector and connoisseur, and while on the international tour he visited museums and bestowed gifts from his personal collection to American and European institutions. This scroll was apparently a reciprocal gift to Duanfang. The additional calligraphy that is mounted with the European painting is by well-known late Qing dynasty calligraphers, such as Li Ruiqing--who served as Duanfang's secretary in Nanjing while governor of Zhejiang and Jiangsu--and Wang Guan.本幅出於一位年輕的荷蘭藝術家筆下，很可能是在1905-1906年清廷使團出洋考察期間贈予出洋五大臣之一端方（1861-1911）的禮物。全卷以傳統中國手卷之形式裝裱，畫心為水彩所繪荷蘭景緻，而這一歐洲風景之左右亦附有引首及題跋。除其擔任官職外，端方也是一位著名的收藏家及鑑賞家。在出洋考察期間，他亦有參觀各地博物館，並以私人藏品贈予歐美各機構。本卷可能是一項回贈禮物。與歐洲畫作合裱的書法題跋出自晚清著名書法家如李瑞清與王瓘等人之手。李氏本人曾在端方在南京任兩江總督同時任兩江師範學堂監督，二人交遊甚密。