Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

1548

Wen Zhengming

Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)

Chinese Art

Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley, 1548. Imitator of Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; overall: 132 x 50.5 cm (51 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.60

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Wen Zhengming
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Medium: hanging, scroll, ink, light, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 132 x 50.5 cm (51 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 幽壑鳴琴。萬疊高山供道眼，千尋飛瀑淨塵心。憑將一曲朱絃琴，小答松風太古音。嘉慶戊申夏四月徵明製 [印] 徵明; 徵仲父印 [右下方] 悟言室印; 衡山 Translation: Artist's title, inscription, signature, and 4 seals: "Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley" Myriad layers of tall peaks provide a feast to wise eyes./ A waterfall dropping ten thousand feet can cleanse a dusty mind./ By means of a song played on this red-stringed qin,/ ’Tis my humble response to the primeval sound of soughing pines. In the summer, the fourth month of the wushen year of the Jiaqing era [1548], Zhengming painted. [2 seals] Zhengming; Zheng zhong fu yin. [2 seals, lower right corner] Wu yan shi yin; Hengshan. Inscription: 4 additional seals: 3 of Cheng Qi 程琦 (1911–1988); 1 unidentified.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1969.60
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review: 1969, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, <em>The Art of Wen Cheng-ming</em>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (January 25-February 29, 1976); Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (April 7-June 7, 1976)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2013 - July 28, 2014).
Rights Statement: CC0