The Woodcutter of Luofu
1366
Chen Ruyan
Chen Ruyan (Chinese, c. 1331-bef 1371)
Chinese Art
The Woodcutter of Luofu, 1366. Chen Ruyan (Chinese, c. 1331-bef 1371). Panel, ink on silk; image: 107 x 54 cm (42 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.); overall: 141.5 x 77 cm (55 11/16 x 30 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1964.156
- Maker/Artist
- Chen Ruyan
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Panel, ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 107 x 54 cm (42 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Overall: 141.5 x 77 cm (55 11/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 至正二十六年（1366）正月望後廬山汝言為思齊斷事寫羅浮山樵圖。 Translation: Artist's inscription: In the twenty-sixth year of Zhizheng [1366], the first month after the fifteenth day, Chen Ruyan of Lushan painted this Woodcutter of Mount Luofu for Siqi, the Judge. Inscription: 2 colophons and 18 additional seals: 5 seals of Wang Shimin 王時敏 (1592-1680); 2 seals of Gong Xianglin 龔翔麟 (1658-1733); 1 colophon, dated 1684, of Yan Shengsun 嚴繩孫 (1623-1702); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Huang Ren (1683-1768); 2 seals of Lu Shusheng 陸樹聲 (3rd son of Lu Xinyuan 陸心源); 2 seals of T'ao Kuang; 1 seal of Tan Jing 譚敬 (20th c.); 3 seals of Zhang Heng 張珩 (1915-1963); 2 seals unidentified.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.156
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- The Colors of Ink, Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre, <em>Chinese Landscape Painting</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954)., <em>Loan exhibition of Chinese paintings</em>. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (May-June 1956)., <em>1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei</em>. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959)., <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968)., <em>The Fragrance of Ink: Chinese and Japanese Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. A. Dean Perry</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-August 3, 1997).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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