Luo Yang was from Shunde, Guangdong province. Little is recorded about him. He was known for his careful brushwork, but here he claims to be imitating Shi Tao (1630-1724) whose brushwork is freer.
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 101 on p. 117, illus. p. 117 fig. 101
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