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Paintings after Ancient Masters

老蓮橅古

1598–1652

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Chen Hongshou 陳洪綬

(Chinese, 1598/99–1652)

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Double album with twenty-two leaves; ink or ink and color on silk

Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1979.27

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's titles, signatures, and 21 seals: A. Scholars in a Garden. Hung-shou painted for old Chung. [seal] Chang-hou. B. Lao-tzu Riding an Ox. Hung-shou respectfully painted. [seal] Ch'en yin Hung-shou. C. Narcissus and Bare Trees. The Taoist Chung-ch'ing entrusted Lao-lien to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. D. Autumn Landscape. Lao-lien painted this for Lao-ts'ang. [seal] Chang-hou. E. Portrait of T'ao Yuan-ming. Lao-lien [seal] Hung-shou. F. Lotus and Rocks. Hung-shou painted after the style of Ts'ui Po and presented it to the Buddhist disciple Lin Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. G. Taoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape. The old man Fu-ch'ih painted for the Taoist Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. H. Portrait of Chung-ch'ing in a Landscape. Lao-lien painted for Chung-ch'ing. [2 seals] Chang-hou; Ch'en yin Hung-shou. I. Chrysanthemum and Rock. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou. J. Landscape in the Style of Ni Tsan. Lao-lien [seal] Chang-hou. L. Mr. Five Willows (Wu-liu), T'ao Yung-ming. Mr. Five Willows Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hung-shou to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. M. A Lohan [after Kuan-hsui]. Buddhist disciple Ch'en Hung-shou respectfully painted. [2 seals] Chun-t'i ti-tzu; Chang-hou. N. A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch. Hui-lun-shang painted after Tao-chun [Emperor Hui-tsung] and presented it to Ts'ang-fu chu-chih. [seal] Ch'en yin Hung-shou. O. Travellers in an Autumn Landscape. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. P. A Lady. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou. Q. Crysanthemum. Hung-shou painted in imitation of the Northern Sung style for Taoist friend, Ts'ang-fu. [seal] Chang-hou. R. Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall. Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hung-shou to paint. [seal] Chang-hou. S. Scholar with Staff and Brush. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. T. An Ancient Tree. Hung-shou [seal] Chang-hou. U. Rock, Okd Tree, and Bamboo. Hung-shou [seal] Hung-shou.

Inscription

2 colophons (leaves K and V) and 34 additional seals: 24 seals of Lin Chung-ch'ing (Lin Ts'ang-fu or Lin T'ing-tung, friend of Chen Hongshou, for whom the album was painted); 2 colophons, dated 1893 and 1899, and 5 seals of Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830-1904); 2 seals of Weng Tongjue 翁同爵 (older brother of Weng Tonghe; 1814-1877); 2 seals of Weng Wan-go 翁萬戈 (1918-2020); 1 unidentified.

Provenance
Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830-1904], by descent to Wango H. C. Weng
?-1979
(Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918-2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1979-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Five Centuries of Chinese Painting: Ming & Ch'ing Dynasties : [Exhibition] June 27 Through August 8, 1954, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1954. cat. no. 24
Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. cat. no. 81
Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics. Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 1962. cat. no. 25
Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967. pp. 38, 39, cat. no. 10
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Mentioned: cat. no. 112, p. 62, 98 www.jstor.org
Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 207, pp. 268–272
Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 68–69, cat. no. 42
Exhibition history

Five centuries of Chinese painting: Ming & Ch'ing dynasties. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (June 27–August 8, 1954).

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959).

Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, MA (1962). (leaves A-J)

Fantastics and Eccentrics. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY, (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); and M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967).

Chinese Painting from the Two Distinguished American Museums. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (October 4-November 17,1982).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983).

The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

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