id: 143755 accession number: 1968.195 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.195 updated: 2023-08-23 22:09:38.425000 Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng, 1442. Du Qiong (Chinese, 1396–1474). Handscroll, ink and light color on paper; painting: 29.8 x 527.1 cm (11 3/4 x 207 1/2 in.); overall: 30.6 x 976.7 cm (12 1/16 x 384 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1968.195 title: Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1442 creation date earliest: 1442 creation date latest: 1442 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: handscroll, ink and light color on paper department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Handscroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Du Qiong (Chinese, 1396–1474) - artist --- measurements: Painting: 29.8 x 527.1 cm (11 3/4 x 207 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.6 x 976.7 cm (12 1/16 x 384 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 11 seals: [1 seal] Tung-yüan chai. Huang-ho-shan-ch'iao [Wang Meng] painted a painted called T'ai-po Mountain. Its brushwork is superior and admirable, which is very close to Yu-ch'en [Wang Wei, 699-759]. The cleverness of its composition, the maple groves and rustic temples, the inaccessible ravines and autumnal plateaus, the periolous peaks and strange rocks, etc., all seem to be so natural. The paper is only a little over eight feet, but the landscape has the range of a thousand miles. Once you open and note the contents, it is as if one were roaming among the mountain peaks enveloped in mist and clouds, and forgot the dusty world. When I first saw this, I was so mixed with excitement and joy that I could not take my hands off the painting. So I put it on the table, and tried my best to imitate it, forgetting sleeping and eating for about three months before it was completed. Although I do not dare to tread in the footsteps of Huang-ho shan ch'iao, I took great pains to capture his spirit in composition and colors. I do not know whether it would pass the judgment of the experts. On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, the seventh year of the Cheng-t'ung year [1442], inscribed by Tung-yüan, Tu Chiung. [2 seals] Yung-chia; Ching-chieh ming-men. [8 seals on painting] Tung-yüan chai; Ching-chieh ming-men; Yung-chia; Tu Ch'iung yin; Tung-yüan (repeated 5 times). trans. WKH/LYSL 3 colophons and 7 additional seals: 1 colophon and 2 seals of Chou Ting (1401-1487); 1 colophon and 2 seals of Wu K'uan (1435-1504); 1 colophon, dated 1655, and 2 seals of Lan Ying (1585-after 1664). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1968 opening date: 1969-01-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 147, p. 174-176. --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Angela Tseng, New Hampshire, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1968 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1968– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: When a Chinese painter "imitated" a painting by a past master, the intention was never to produce an exact copy. Du Qiong, the Ming painter from Suzhou, is a case in point. The painting style of this handscroll is actually closer to that of Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) than to the style of Wang Meng (about 1301–1385). Both masters were active during the previous dynasty and are among the so-called Four Great Masters of the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). In this painting, the interplay of styles, including Du Qiong's own, contribute to an inner dimension that is more than visual. Mt. Taibo is located in the province of Zhejiang and is known for its scenic beauty. In this scroll, however, it is not depicted literally. The image is an ideal representation of mountains in southeastern China. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.195/1968.195_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.195/1968.195_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.195/1968.195_full.tif