吕棠（公元15世纪后期），字德芳，一字小村，鄞县(今浙江宁波)人，生卒年不详。工画翎毛，吕纪之侄，花鸟画得家法。用笔工整，设色绚丽，笔力精劲，但不及吕纪流动。传世作品有《花石鸳鸯图》轴，绢本，设色，纵136.5厘米，横53.2厘米，现藏故宫博物院。
       《花石鸳鸯图》此幅追随吕纪粗笔花鸟路数。山石用宋人“大斧劈”皴法，笔墨简练纯熟，以山花红叶点缀其间，色彩对比强烈。水边鸳鸯突出雄者，毛羽鲜艳，神态安详，使画面充满喜悦和平的气氛。此图从题材到技法都为明代院画的典型风格，虽年深日久，屡经揭裱，色墨脱落，但仍可想见其昔日的富丽典雅。
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Lvtang (late fifteenth Century AD), the word Defang, word small village, Yinxian (now Zhejiang Ningbo) people, birth and death years unknown. Work painting feathers, Lu Ji nephew, flower and bird painting home law. Pen neat, beautiful color, pen Jin Jing, but not as Lu Ji flow. Works handed down "flower stone mandarin duck figure" axis, the silk, color, vertical 136.5 cm, horizontal 53.2 cm, is the possession of the National Palace Museum.
        "Flower stone mandarin duck figure" This site to follow the Lu Jishi rough pen flower and bird road. Mountain with the Song Dynasty "big ax split" Cunfa, simple and skilled ink to embellish the mountain leaves, the color contrast. Water side of the mandarin ducks prominent male, hairiness bright, serene, so that the screen is full of joy and peace. This figure from the theme to the techniques are typical of the Ming Dynasty courtyard painting style, although the depth of time, repeatedly exposed by mounting, color ink off, but still want to see its former Wealthy and elegant.