Chen Rong (; –1266)Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. . Page 372. Chen Rong's style name was Suoweng (所翁) was a Chinese painter and politician of the Southern Song dynasty celebrated for his depictions of dragons. The Nine Dragons handscroll in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bearing a date of 1244, is attributed to Chen.Nine Dragon's Scroll East Asian Scroll Paintings. University of Chicago Center for Art of East Asia. Nine Dragons. Chen Rong. https://scrolls.uchicago.edu/view-scroll/49 The Five Dragons handscroll in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is also attributed to Chen Rong.East Asian Scroll Paintings. University of Chicago Center for Art of East Asia. Five Dragons. Chen Rong. https://scrolls.uchicago.edu/view-scroll/168 A longer version of the Five Dragons, also attributed to Chen Rong, is in the Tokyo National Museum.Five Dragons (五龍圖) Attributed to Chen Rong (陳容, first half of 13th c.), Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) Handscroll, ink and light color on paper, 45.2 x 299.5 cm, Tokyo National Museum. http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-chen-rong-five-dragons.php Note that some scholars view the Five Dragons handscroll as the creation of a close follower, and not by Chen.
The Eleven Dragons painting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art was formerly attributed to Chen Rong, but now is assigned to the Ming dynasty period. Eleven Dragons. https://asia.si.edu/object/F1919.173/ In March 2017, the Six Dragons handscroll, attributed to Chen Rong, was sold by Osaka's Fujita Art Museum at Christie's for almost $49 million."‘My highlight of 2017’ — The Fujita Museum Six Dragons scroll"
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