id: 160956 accession number: 1999.223 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.223 updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:35.695000 Returning Peasants in a Spring Evening, early 1600s. Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; overall: 24.5 x 26.7 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1999.223 title: Returning Peasants in a Spring Evening title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1600s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1625 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee copyright: --- culture: China, 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 * Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 24.5 x 26.7 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c) opening date: 2017-02-11T05:00:00 Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Although little known today, Tao Hong was a versatile artist who here depicts farmers returning home after a day in the fields. The shallow stream and dormant rice fields, the returning birds, and light sprinkles of green foliage all indicate the beginning of the farming season and hope for a good harvest. While this leaf depicts rural life, the second one,1999.224, is of a more poetic nature. A lone crane stands in a bamboo grove. By using light colors and nuanced brushwork, Tao Hong achieves an effect of natural light and luminosity. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4305 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.223/1999.223_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.223/1999.223_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.223/1999.223_full.tif