id: 160735 accession number: 1998.78.3 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.78.3 updated: 2023-04-15 11:10:45.067000 Eighteen Views of Huzhou: Mt. Wuzhan, c. 1588. Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1998.78.3 title: Mt. Wuzhan title in original language: 烏瞻山 series: Eighteen Views of Huzhou series in original language: 湖州十八景圖 creation date: c. 1588 creation date earliest: 1583 creation date latest: 1593 current location: creditline: The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Jiaxing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: Album leaf; ink and color on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Album leaf type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606) - artist Song Xu (宋旭, 1525–c. 1606), was a versatile Chinese painter active in northern Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. He was skilled in landscapes, boundary paintings (界畫, paintings of architecture), figure painting, and Buddhist painting. Although born a commoner, he also cultivated the literati arts of poetry and calligraphy. He studied Chan Buddhism and eventually became a Buddhist priest himself. --- measurements: Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1998 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1998– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This album of landscape paintings depicts the famous scenic areas located in and around the city of Wuxing in southeastern China. The artist, Song Xu, was not a native of that city, but must have visited it when he accepted the commission, for he carefully depicted all eighteen views and wrote comments on each of them. These places were all known for their natural beauty, but in addition, a number were distingusihed by their links to eminent historical figures and events. Unlike other artists of his time, Song Xu favored a painting style that was technically polished and focused attention on specific, realistic details. Such an approach was well suited to projects like this one, for which the artist was in great demand. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: Reproduced: pp. 287-295 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.78.3/1998.78.3_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.78.3/1998.78.3_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.78.3/1998.78.3_full.tif