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Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

秦淮憶舊圖冊

1642–1707

Shitao 石濤

(Chinese, 1642–1707)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium
album leaf, ink and color on Song paper
Measurements
Image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1966.31.7
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Shitao’s skillfully rendered composition suggests a sweeping movement from the base of the central rising mass, silhouette of forest, and a bright bend of misty atmosphere under the distant hills, to form almost a continual circle of energy—a gentle vortex. That is a perfect embodiment of the early Qing ideal of a momentous flow, with suggestion of the subterranean veins and linkages.
A muted, vertically oriented ink and color painting depicts a tall, tapered brown rock formation rising centrally from dark green trees. To the left, gray-roofed houses sit nestled in foliage, while a pale path curves around the rock's right base. Muted beige hills recede toward a pale blue sky. Three red square seals mark the margins. Soft washes of color stylize the landscape, guiding the eye up the vertical rock face.

Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

1642–1707

Shitao

(Chinese, 1642–1707)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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