id: 137121 accession number: 1961.89 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.89 updated: 2024-03-26 11:01:43.456000 Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou, 1638. Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 172.8 x 55.7 cm (68 1/16 x 21 15/16 in.); overall: 293.9 x 71 cm (115 11/16 x 27 15/16 in.); with knobs: 293.9 x 79 cm (115 11/16 x 31 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.89 title: Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou title in original language: 宣文君授經圖 series: series in original language: creation date: 1638 creation date earliest: 1638 creation date latest: 1638 current location: 240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) - artist --- measurements: Image: 172.8 x 55.7 cm (68 1/16 x 21 15/16 in.); Overall: 293.9 x 71 cm (115 11/16 x 27 15/16 in.); with knobs: 293.9 x 79 cm (115 11/16 x 31 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 宣文君者韋逞母宋氏也。父授以周官音義，曰：吾家世學傳周官。傳業相繼。此又周公所製，經紀〔典〕誥百官品物備於此矣。女可受之。君諷誦不輟。石帝徙山東。君乃推鹿車，背負父所授書到冀州。逞時年少。晝則採樵，夜則教逞。逞遂學成名立。仕符堅為太常。堅常幸其太學，問博士經典。乃憫禮樂遺缺。時博士盧壺對曰：廢學既久，書傳零落。比年綴撰，正經粗集。惟周官、禮經，未有其師。竊見太常韋逞母宋氏世學家，女傳其父業。得周官音義。今年八十。視聽無闕。非此母無可傳授後生。于是就宋氏家立講堂，置生員百二十人。隔絳紗縵而授業焉。拜宋氏爵，號為宣文君。賜侍婢十人。周官學後行于世。 崇禎戊寅八月二日，為綬姑六旬之辰。綬弟自成為姑偦。偕姑季女駱密、外孫楹、楠、楩、橒、楞、棅、孫女惠、漉酒上壽，屬綬圖寫，所以頌祝者。綬思宋母尚五胡之時，經藉屬之婦人；今太平有象，而秉杖名義者，獨綬姑爾。敬寫此圖，且厚望于弟紹焉。猶子洪綬九頓首。 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting opening date: 1967-03-24T05:00:00 Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967). title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00 Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). title: Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation) opening date: 2023-11-10T05:00:00 Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2023-May 5, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. 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); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1980-11-06T05:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-07-16T04:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2013-July 28, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-11-21T05:00:00Z'} --- PROVENANCE Wan Chengzi 萬承紫 [1775–after 1837] date: footnotes: citations: Xu Weiren 徐渭仁 [1788–1853] date: footnotes: citations: Sun Zutong 孫祖同 [1894–1937] date: early 20th century footnotes: citations: (C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1961 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 265 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n289 Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 8 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 265 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n289 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 352 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n372 Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. page number: Reproduced: pp. 272-273, cat. no. 208 url: Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. page number: Reproduced: pp. 66-67, cat. no. 41 url: Yang, Kathleen 楊凱琳, and Chi-chʻien Wang 王季遷. Through a Chinese connoisseur's eye: private notes of C.C. Wang 王季遷讀書筆記. Beijing: Zhong hua shu ju, 2010. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 312, no. 32 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 108 url: Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent Poetry: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 314–320 url: Vinograd, Richard. "Composite Identities: Portraits." In Repentant Monk: Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou. Julia M. White, ed., 57-67. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2017. page number: Reproduced: p. 59, fig. 5.2 url: Vinograd, Richard Ellis. Facing China: Truth and Memory in Portraiture. London: Reaktion Books, 2022. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 246, fig. 128 url: "Permanent Collection Installations: Six Dynasties of Chinese Paintings.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 4 (2023): 18-19. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 19. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.89/1961.89_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.89/1961.89_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.89/1961.89_full.tif