李祐

馆藏资料以“李祐”记录这位艺术家的署名。本页并置可核验的作品、年代与馆方说明，不用推测补齐缺失的生平。

可从作品题名、材质、形制和题跋进入观看，再结合下方馆方原文了解创作语境。已有馆方解说可供对照。

馆方作品解说 · 原文节选

Here, a herdboy tending a cow with a calf is sitting beneath a tree with his pet myna bird. The painting can be read as a pastoral scene. As the water buffalo helped plow the fields, it was perceived as an animal that endures hard work without gain for itself, often interpreted as a metaphor for the official. Ox-herding pictures, presented as gifts in court circles, were used for their moral and political rhetoric. The Yijing (Book of Changes) states, The Receptive is the earth, the mother . . . it is a cow with a calf . . . the multitude [in relation to the ruler] .

对应《牧牛圖》。查看馆方完整解说

中文介绍据馆方记录整理；观看提示为策展解读。生卒记录存在异说时以进一步考证为准。