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Any idea as to what these two images mean?

I'll defer on the seals and translation of most of the cursive script, but there's also a cyclical date of the eighth month of "jia chen" (1904, 1964) in the line shown in the second photo.

Best regards,

Bill H.

the first picture is claiming to be by Ming painter Lan Ying, but it is not.

Thank you for the information. I have attached pictures of writing and labels found on the outside of the scroll.

The second photo records that this is a reproduction of a Lan Ying painting dated 1655, published by Rongbaozhai in Beijing. Care to post a photo of the picture itself? Third picture is a short bio of Lan. First is the printed scroll label.

a photo of the painting

What is the size of the picture? Looks almost like an album leaf, which is not his usual format. The left half of the picture reflects his mature style but the right half seems unduly prominent, the architecture too pronounced, for him. The picture must be in the PRC somewhere, I'll try to look for it. Of value as a Rongbaozhai reproduction (seems dated 1955 in the lower left) which were the highest quality made in China at that time, but the picture itself I'm still iffy on.

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