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Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley

1630

Sheng Maoye

(Chinese, active early 1600s)
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
Painting: 181.2 x 93 cm (71 5/16 x 36 5/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 256.5 x 121.9 cm (101 x 48 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.88
Location: Not on view
  • Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007]
    ?–1961
    Richard B. Hobart [1885–1963], Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1961–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. Mentioned: cat. no. 73, pp. 130–131
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