Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters

Mei Qing1690

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Title: Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters
Creator: Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623-1697)
Date Created: 1690
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Richard B. Hobart, Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.157.1
Medium: album leaf: ink and color on paper
Original Title: 倣古山水圖冊
Inscriptions: Spring Leaf I (formerly Leaf A). Artist's inscription, signature, and seals: [seal] Sanmei you. Prunus blossoms from a thousand trees and an old hut-/ The painting seems filled with their fragrance for a distance of ten miles./ In the wintry mountains I sit alone without company;/ Having just finished a new poem, I think I'll taste some wine. Imitating Li Yingqiu's [Li Cheng] "Prunus-Blossom Study." Qushan [painted] and inscribed. [2 seals] Mei; Qushan [seal, lower left corner] Quxing hsien-i.
Fun Fact: Mei Qing produced a surge of new paintings after his 1690 tour of Huangshan’s breathtaking peaks.
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
Accession Number: 1962.157.1

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