The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Su Wu the Shepherd
1788
(Chinese, 1730–after 1788)
Sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1985.71.10
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Su Wu 蘇武 (140-60 BC) endured hardships and became a humble shepherd in an alien land while remaining a loyal servitor of the Han dynasty.- 1788–?Daili Shanren 戴笠山人 [active late 1700s]Ni Yun 倪耘 [d. 1864]Yan Shiqing 顏世清 [1873–1929]Xu Xiaopu 徐小圃 [1887–1961]c. mid-1900sDing Nianxian 丁念先 [1906–1969]?–1985(Eskenazi Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1985–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Ding, Nianxian 丁念先. Nian sheng lou du hua xiao ji [念聖樓讀畫小紀 = Chinese calligraphy and painting of various dynasties in the collection of Nianshenglou]. Taibei: Wen xing za zhi she, 1961. Mentioned: p. 41, no. 85Fukunaga, Takehiko 福永武彥, and Howard L. Rogers. Kinnō, Bunjinga suihen. chiyūgo (9) 金農, 文人画粋編. 中国篇 9. Tōkyō: Chūōkoronsha, 1976. Mentioned and Reproduced: pls. 94–97, p. 179, fig. 30Sotheby's, Parke, Bernet, New York. Fine Chinese Paintings. June 3, 1985 sale. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 69Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: pp. 462–465
- Gallery 122 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 8–November 14, 2000).Gallery 122 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 21–October 29, 1999).
- {{cite web|title=Su Wu the Shepherd|url=false|author=Min Zhen|year=1788|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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