id: 157007 accession number: 1993.159 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.159 updated: 2022-01-04 17:13:00.954000 Geese Returning Home, 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1993.159 title: Geese Returning Home title in original language: 노안도 (蘆雁圖) series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1699 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) technique: hanging scroll; ink on paper department: Korean Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); Painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: three seals in upper right; one in upper left corner. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation opening date: 2019-01-23T05:00:00 Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 21-July 21, 2019). title: Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation) opening date: 2021-04-29T04:00:00 Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 13, 2013-January 28, 2014). --- PROVENANCE (Leighton R. Longhi Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1993 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1993- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: In Korea, the word for geese in a grove of reeds, noan, has the same pronunciation as the word for "the comfortable life at old age." With this double meaning for a happy life, the motif of returning geese gained popularity in paintings. digital description: wall description: In this hanging scroll, wild geese are portrayed engaging in different activities: descending to a marsh, gathering in flocks, grazing on plants, and dipping their heads under the water. In Korean paintings, images of geese serve as the symbol of seasonal change because they migrate from northern areas such as Siberia to stay in the Korean Peninsula during the late fall and winter. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.159/1993.159_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.159/1993.159_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.159/1993.159_full.tif