id: 149590
accession number: 1979.18
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A Vignette of Life on the Frontier, c. 1717–22. Jiao Bingzhen (Chinese, active c. 1670–1726), and Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688–1766). Folding fan; ink and color on paper; painting: 19 x 55 cm (7 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.); overall with sticks: 33 x 55 cm (13 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett 1979.18
title: A Vignette of Life on the Frontier
title in original language: 塞上野趣圖
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creation date: c. 1717–22
creation date earliest: 1717
creation date latest: 1722
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creditline: Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
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culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)
technique: Folding fan; ink and color on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Qing Dynasty
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Jiao Bingzhen (Chinese, active c. 1670–1726) - artist
Court painter largely active during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. He was one of the early Chinese painters to use Western techniques.
* Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688–1766) - artist
Italian Jesuit missionary and painter, who worked in China. He served as an artist at the imperial court of three emperors: the Kangzi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors. He painted in a style that is a fusion of European and Chinese traditions.
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measurements: Painting: 19 x 55 cm (7 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.); Overall with sticks: 33 x 55 cm (13 x 21 5/8 in.)
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inscription: 塞上野趣圖。奉勅寫真。臣焦秉貞郞世寧合筆恭繪。[印]秉貞; 世寧.
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inscription: 2 seals of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95). 12 poems by the Qianlong emperor and inscribed in clerical script by Wang Youdun 汪由敦 (1692-1758).
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inscription: 1 poem incised on the outer ribs of the fan, front and back by Dong Bangda 董邦達 (1699–1769).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1979
opening date: 1980-02-13T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
title: Fans: East and West
opening date: 1992-12-15T05:00:00
Fans: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 1992-March 7, 1993).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-07-23T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Qing imperial collection (seals of the Qianlong Emperor, r. 1736–1795)
date: 1736-?
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(David Newman [1936–2012], London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1979
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1979-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 116, p. 86; Mentioned: p. 62
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667
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: cat. no. 261, pp. 353-354
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Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku [中國繪畫總合圖錄= Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings], 第1卷. アメリカ·カナダ篇[= vol. 1 American and Canadian collections]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982.
page number: #A22-221
url:
Chung, Anita. Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page number: Reproduced: p. 25, fig. 7
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: Reproduced: pp. 431-433
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IMAGES
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