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Ren Renfa: Catalogue of the 3 Most Famous Paintings
Updated Ottobre 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 3 works by Ren Renfa in our catalogue
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Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318) is recorded as the most famous painting of Ren Renfa; it is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse occupy the second and third entries. Of the 3 works by Ren Renfa recorded in the catalogue, the 3 best known are listed below, each entry with its date, the holding museum and a note on the work.
1254 – 1327, Cina
Most works: The Palace Museum
Entries 1 to 10: the most famous Ren Renfa paintings
Ren Renfa: holding museums
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Ren Renfa | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Palace Museum |
Pechino | 2 | Leading Horses out of Stable, A Fat and a Thin Horse |
 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland | 1 | Three Horses and Four Grooms |
Year index: the principal Ren Renfa paintings
Every dated Ren Renfa entry on this page bears the date 1318; the works are listed by rank.
Works per year
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Questions frequently consulted on Ren Renfa's paintings
What is the best-known work of Ren Renfa?Display the answer
Three Horses and Four Grooms (1318), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. The following entries are Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse.
How old was Ren Renfa in the year of Three Horses and Four Grooms?Display the answer
64 years: Ren Renfa was born in 1254 and Three Horses and Four Grooms is dated 1318.
How many works by Ren Renfa does the catalogue record?Display the answer
The catalogue records 3 works by Ren Renfa.
Where are the principal works of Ren Renfa held?Display the answer
Principally in The Palace Museum (Pechino) and Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
Which paintings by Ren Renfa does the The Palace Museum hold?Display the answer
Leading Horses out of Stable and A Fat and a Thin Horse are among the 2 works on this page in the collection of the The Palace Museum, Pechino.
Can reproductions of Ren Renfa's works be ordered?Display the answer
Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.
Biography of Ren Renfa
Ren Renfa: Artista e Funzionario
Ren Renfa fu un esperto di opere di irrigazione, artista e funzionario governativo della dinastia Yuan. Nato nella città di Qinglong, a Songjiang, prestò servizio anche come ingegnere idraulico; il suo operato comprese il dragaggio di un'area in quella che oggi è Pechino per migliorare l'approvvigionamento idrico e la guida di una squadra per la costruzione di argini dopo che il Fiume Giallo straripò dalle sue sponde.
Opere Notevoli
Le sue pitture spaziano tra soggetti quali cavalli, figure umane, fiori e uccelli. Un'opera di grande rilievo è Chu Yu Tu (Uscita dalla Stalla), un dipinto su seta colorata che ritrae tre funzionari delle scuderie reali mentre conducono quattro cavalli fuori da una stalla. Le figure rappresentate in quest'opera indossano costumi in stile Tang.
Un altro lavoro significativo è I Cinque Principi Ubriachi al Ritorno a Cavallo, uno scrigno lungo due metri che raffigura cinque principi a cavallo accompagnati da quattro assistenti. Quest'opera include Li Longji, che in seguito divenne l'Imperatore Xuanzong della dinastia Tang. Ren Renfa realizzò anche l'opera Cavalli Grassi e Magri, che contiene un'iscrizione la quale spiega come il cavallo grasso rappresenti il funzionario ricco e autosoddisfatto, mentre quello magro simboleggi il funzionario umile, povero e autocritico.