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Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1
Chen Hongshou1598-1652
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1
- Creator: Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99-1652)
- Date Created: 1598-1652
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.2 x 53.4 cm (11 7/8 x 21 in.)
- Provenance: Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830-1904], by descent to Wango H. C. Weng, (Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918-2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.27.1
- Medium: Album with eleven leaves; ink or ink and color on silk
- Inscriptions: Artist's titles, signatures, and 21 seals: A. Scholars in a Garden. Hongshou painted for old Chung. [seal] Chang-hou. B. Laozi Riding an Ox. Hongshou respectfully painted. [seal] Ch'en yin Hongshou. C. Narcissus and Bare Trees. The Taoist Chung-ch'ing entrusted Lao-lien to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. D. Autumn Landscape. Lao-lien painted this for Lao-ts'ang. [seal] Chang-hou. E. Portrait of Tao Yuanming. Lao-lien [seal] Hongshou. F. Lotus and Rocks. Hung-shou painted after the style of Ts'ui Po and presented it to the Buddhist disciple Lin Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. G. Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape. The old man Fu-ch'ih painted for the Daoist Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. H. Portrait of Chung-ch'ing in a Landscape. Lao-lien painted for Chung-ch'ing. [2 seals] Chang-hou; Ch'en yin Hung-shou. I. Chrysanthemum and Rock. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou. J. Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan. Lao-lien [seal] Chang-hou. L. Mr. Five Willows (Wu-liu), Tao Yuanming. Mr. Five Willows Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hongshou to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. M. A Lohan [after Kuan-hsui]. Buddhist disciple Chen Hongshou respectfully painted. [2 seals] Chun-t'i ti-tzu; Chang-hou. N. A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch. Hui-lun-shang painted after Tao-chun [Emperor Huizong] and presented it to Ts'ang-fu chu-chih. [seal] Chen yin Hongshou. O. Travellers in an Autumn Landscape. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. P. A Lady. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou . Q. Chrysanthemum. Hongshou painted in imitation of the Northern Song style for Daoist friend, Ts'ang-fu. [seal] Chang-hou. R. Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall. Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hongshou to paint. [seal] Chang-hou. S. Scholar with Staff and Brush. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. T. An Ancient Tree. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. U. Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou., 2 colophons (leaves K and V) and 34 additional seals: 24 seals of Lin Chung-ch'ing (Lin Ts'ang-fu or Lin T'ing-tung, friend of Chen Hongshou, for whom the album was painted); 2 colophons, dated 1893 and 1899, and 5 seals of Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830-1904); 2 seals of Weng Tongjue 翁同爵 (older brother of Weng Tonghe; 1814-1877); 2 seals of Weng Wan-go 翁萬戈 [ (1918-2020); 1 unidentified.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
- Accession Number: 1979.27.1
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