Album of Miscellaneous Subjects

Min Zhen1788

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Title: Album of Miscellaneous Subjects
Creator: Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730-after 1788)
Date Created: 1788
Physical Dimensions: Each leaf: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Daili Shanren 戴笠山人 [active late 18th century], Ni Yun 倪耘 [d. 1864], Yan Shiqing 顏世清 [1873–1929], Xu Xiaopu 徐小圃 [1887–1961], Ding Nianxian 丁念先 [1906–1969], (Eskenazi Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.71
Medium: Album of twelve leaves, ink on paper
Original Title: 雑畫圖冊
Inscriptions: 予素有怪石之僻。余友戴笠山人嗜予畫，亦猶予之嗜怪石焉。向故訂約，以所好相易。值余奔馳遷延，今夏偶憶及怪石之在吾齋已五載。繪此以踐前言。誌以奇峭為十二冊之終。時戊申六月六日，正齋閔貞謹識。, Six seals appearing on the leaves: Min Zhen 閔貞; Zheng zhai 正齋; Qingqiao 青橋; Zhen 貞; Liao tang 蓼塘; Min Zhen zhi yin 閔貞之印。, 正齋傳世真跡，應推此冊為第一。
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
Accession Number: 1985.71

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