Reminiscences of Qinhuai River
1642–1707
Shitao
Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707)
Chinese Art
Reminiscences of Qinhuai River, 1642–1707. Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707). Album leaf, ink and color on Song paper; image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.31.7 Shitao’s skillfully rendered composition suggests a sweeping movement from the base of the central rising mass, silhouette of forest, and a bright bend of misty atmosphere under the distant hills, to form almost a continual circle of energy—a gentle vortex. That is a perfect embodiment of the early Qing ideal of a momentous flow, with suggestion of the subterranean veins and linkages.
- Maker/Artist
- Shitao
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- album leaf, ink and color on Song paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1966.31.7
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- <em>The Painting of Tao-Chi, 1641-Ca. 1720</em>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (August 13-September 17, 1967)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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