id:			149624
accession number:	1979.27.2.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.27.2.19
updated:		2025-04-23 11:06:22.702000

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush, 1598–1652. Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652). Album leaf; 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, 1979.27.2.19

title:				Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush
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creation date:			1598–1652
creation date earliest:		1598
creation date latest:		1652
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	album leaf; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Hongshou [seal] Zhanghou
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
	opening date:   1981-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</i>. 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'And to: Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo National Museum, 10/4/82 - 11/17/82 as "Chinese Painting from the Two Distinguished American Museums"', 'opening_date': '1982-10-04T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830–1904], by descent to  Wango H. C. Weng
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	(Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918–2020], Lyme, NH, 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

	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 207, pp. 268–272; Reproduced: p. 271, fig. 207S
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