id:			149126
accession number:	1977.56
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.56
updated:		2024-04-25 11:08:15.800000

Fisherman's Joy, 1572. Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–c. 1578). Handscroll; ink and light color on paper; image: 31.4 x 355.2 cm (12 3/8 x 139 13/16 in.); overall: 37 x 989.4 cm (14 9/16 x 389 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1977.56

title:				Fisherman's Joy
title in original language:	漁樂圖
series:				
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creation date:			1572
creation date earliest:		1572
creation date latest:		1572
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Handscroll; ink and light color on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–c. 1578)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 31.4 x 355.2 cm (12 3/8 x 139 13/16 in.); Overall: 37 x 989.4 cm (14 9/16 x 389 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's inscription, signature, and seal:  On the autumn day of the jen-shen year [1572], P'eng-ch'eng, Ch'ien Ku painted [this]. [seal] Hsüan-ch'ing shih.

2 colophons, both dated 1689, and 5 additional seals of Yün Shou-p'ing (1633-1690).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 187, p. 240.', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Gimpoh Y. King [1911–1998], Cleveland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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