清 金農 梅花圖 冊, Plum Blossoms, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1757, China, Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper, Image: 10 x 11 3/4 in. (25. 4 x 29. 8 cm), Paintings, Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687?1773), Jin Nong started painting plum blossoms in 1756 at the age of sixty-nine. This monochrome album was reportedly painted during a six-week stay at Luo Ping's home in Yangzhou in 1757. Jin Nong's innovative plum paintings are poised between representation and abstraction