Landscape in Color after Ni Zan

1707

Wang Yuanqi

Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715)

Chinese Art

Landscape in Color after Ni Zan, 1707. Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; overall: 80.4 x 43.5 cm (31 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.583

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Wang Yuanqi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Medium: hanging, scroll, ink, light, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 80.4 x 43.5 cm (31 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: [印]穀詒堂。丁亥清和扈從歸舟寫設色雲林 Translation: Artist's inscription and seal: [seal] Gi yi tang. [Inscription 1] On a day of mild weather, in the year of dinghai [1707], [I painted this]—a Ni Zan in color—after having been in the imperial entourage and returned to the boat in the aftermath. Inscription: 余年來一友匏系，簪筆鹿鹿。夙夜在公。家無甑石，日在愁城苦海中。無以解憂。惟弄柔翰出入宋元諸家，如對古人。雖不能肖其形神，庶幾一遇，亦寓意寬心之法也。麓臺。[印]原祁之印; 麓臺 [印, 右下]西廬後人 Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 3 seals: [Inscription 2] During the year, I have been living like a hanging gourd—alone and without friends. I stuck my brush in my hair and was much like a common man. I have been spending day and night in the office, seldom dining at home. Day by day, I spent my life in the city of melancholy and the ocean of bitterness. There were few ways to relieve my frustrations except to resort to my brush so that I could move in and out amid the Song and Yuan masters as if virtually coming face to face with these men of yore. Even though I could not achieve a perfect resemblance in form and spirit, this comes as close to an encounter while also affording me a means to record my thoughts and to relax my mind. Lutai. [2 seals] Yuanqi zhi yin; Lutai. [seal at the lower right corner] Xi lu hou ren. Inscription: 1 additional seal of Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864–1949) at the lower left corner.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1954.583
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, Chinese Art, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954)., Chinese Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1962)., Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, MA (1962)., Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004).
Rights Statement: CC0