id: 149616 accession number: 1979.27.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.27.2 updated: 2024-09-04 14:26:18.349000 Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2, 1598–1652. Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652). Album with eleven leaves; ink or ink and color on silk; overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1979.27.2 title: Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2 title in original language: 老蓮橅古 series: series in original language: creation date: 1598–1652 creation date earliest: 1598 creation date latest: 1652 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: Album with eleven leaves; ink or ink and color on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Album leaf type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Artist's titles, signatures, and 21 seals: A. Scholars in a Garden. Hung-shou painted for old Chung. [seal] Chang-hou. B. Lao-tzu Riding an Ox. Hung-shou respectfully painted. [seal] Ch'en yin Hung-shou. C. Narcissus and Bare Trees. The Taoist Chung-ch'ing entrusted Lao-lien to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. D. Autumn Landscape. Lao-lien painted this for Lao-ts'ang. [seal] Chang-hou. E. Portrait of T'ao Yuan-ming. Lao-lien [seal] Hung-shou. F. Lotus and Rocks. Hung-shou painted after the style of Ts'ui Po and presented it to the Buddhist disciple Lin Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. G. Taoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape. The old man Fu-ch'ih painted for the Taoist Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. H. Portrait of Chung-ch'ing in a Landscape. Lao-lien painted for Chung-ch'ing. [2 seals] Chang-hou; Ch'en yin Hung-shou. I. Chrysanthemum and Rock. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou. J. Landscape in the Style of Ni Tsan. Lao-lien [seal] Chang-hou. L. Mr. Five Willows (Wu-liu), T'ao Yung-ming. Mr. Five Willows Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hung-shou to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. M. A Lohan [after Kuan-hsui]. Buddhist disciple Ch'en Hung-shou respectfully painted. [2 seals] Chun-t'i ti-tzu; Chang-hou. N. A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch. Hui-lun-shang painted after Tao-chun [Emperor Hui-tsung] and presented it to Ts'ang-fu chu-chih. [seal] Ch'en yin Hung-shou. O. Travellers in an Autumn Landscape. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. P. A Lady. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou. Q. Crysanthemum. Hung-shou painted in imitation of the Northern Sung style for Taoist friend, Ts'ang-fu. [seal] Chang-hou. R. Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall. Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hung-shou to paint. [seal] Chang-hou. S. Scholar with Staff and Brush. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. T. An Ancient Tree. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. U. Rock, Okd Tree, and Bamboo. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou. translation: remark: inscription: 2 colophons (leaves K and V) and 34 additional seals: 24 seals of Lin Chung-ch'ing (Lin Ts'ang-fu or Lin T'ing-tung, friend of Chen Hongshou, for whom the album was painted); 2 colophons, dated 1893 and 1899, and 5 seals of Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830-1904); 2 seals of Weng Tongjue 翁同爵 (older brother of Weng Tonghe; 1814-1877); 2 seals of Weng Wan-go 翁萬戈 (1918-2020); 1 unidentified. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00 Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': "Five centuries of Chinese painting: Ming & Ch'ing dynasties. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (June 27–August 8, 1954).", 'opening_date': '1954-08-08T00:00:00'} * {'description': '1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-10-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, MA (1962). (leaves A-J)', 'opening_date': '1962-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Fantastics and Eccentrics. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY, (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); and M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967).', 'opening_date': '1967-03-23T00:00:00'} * {'description': '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).', 'opening_date': '1998-02-21T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830–1904], by descent to Wango H. C. Weng date: footnotes: citations: (Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918–2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1979 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1979– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Five Centuries of Chinese Painting: Ming & Ch'ing Dynasties : [Exhibition] June 27 Through August 8, 1954, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1954. page number: cat. no. 24 url: Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. page number: cat. no. 81 url: Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics. Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 1962. page number: cat. no. 25 url: Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967. page number: pp. 38, 39, cat. no. 10 url: 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: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 207, pp. 268–272 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]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 68–69, cat. no. 42 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.27.2/1979.27.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.27.2/1979.27.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.27.2/1979.27.2_full.tif