禹之鼎是清代初期著名的人物画画家。虽然,在当时其画名不及同为宫廷画家的焦秉贞、冷枚等人响亮,但其绘画尤其是人物画在清初画坛享有盛誉。禹之鼎的人物画中以肖像画和高士图为世人所推崇,素有清代“肖像国手”之称。为康熙时第一名手,一时名人小像皆出其手。禹之鼎的肖像画举世瞩目,但其仕女画却一直不受研究者们的重视。可是,从传世的禹之鼎仕女画来看,其仕女画的水平之高并不在肖像画之下。天津博物馆藏有一幅禹之鼎的《闲敲棋子图》,此幅画作不单是强 Yu Ding is a famous figure painter in the early Qing Dynasty. Although at the time, his paintings were not as good as those of Jiao Bingzhen and Leng Mei, the court painters, their paintings, especially portraits, enjoyed a good reputation in the early Qing Dynasty. Yu Ding’s portraits of portraits in portraits and Gao Shitu figure espoused by the world, known as the Qing Dynasty “Portrait of the national hand ” said. For the first time in the hands of Emperor Kangxi, a moment celebrity like a good hand. The portrait of Yu Zhiding attracted worldwide attention, but his beauty painting has never been the attention of researchers. However, judging from the handed down female painting of Yu Ding, the highest level of ladylike painting is not under portraiture. Tianjin Museum has a possession of the tripod “idle knock pawn map”, this painting is not only strong