Mt. Qingbian
1617
Dong Qichang
Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555–1636)
Chinese Art
Mt. Qingbian, 1617. Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555–1636). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; painting: 225 x 67.6 cm (88 9/16 x 26 5/8 in.); overall: 355 x 92.7 cm (139 3/4 x 36 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1980.10
- Maker/Artist
- Dong Qichang
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 225 x 67.6 cm (88 9/16 x 26 5/8 in.); Overall: 355 x 92.7 cm (139 3/4 x 36 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist's first inscription, signature, and 2 seals: A painting of the Qingbian Mountains in the manner of Beiyuan [Dong Yuan]. In the summer of the dingsi year [1617], on the last day of the fifth month, [I] send this to my senior, Zhang Shenqi. Dong Xuanzai [seals] Zhi zhi hao ri jiang guan 知制誥日講官; Dong Qichang yin 董其昌印. Inscription: Artist's second inscription and signature: Piling irons for ten thousand feet guard the purple sky; Where puppies are seen on top of clouds, villages and marketplaces lie. In the splendor of autumn, where is the most worthy spot to spend the day? Amid the rustling sounds of mountain streams, with a volume in hand, meditating on the Way [Dao]. Inscribed by Qichang. (trans. WKH/LYSL) Inscription: 4 additional seals: 3 of Li Enqing 李恩慶 (jinshi of 1833); 1 of Weng Wan-go 翁萬戈 (b. 1918).
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1980.10
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Year in Review: 1980, Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Rhythms of Abstraction: The Landscape Duets of Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney, The Arts of Dong Qichang, <em>Fantastics and Eccentrics. </em>Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (March 23-May 28, 1967)., <em>The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in Seventeenth-Century Chinese Painting. </em>Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1979)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12, 2003-July 16, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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