The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 15, 2026

Mother and Sons

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Hanging scroll; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Print only: 98.4 x 56.2 cm (38 3/4 x 22 1/8 in.); Overall: 179 x 67.1 cm (70 1/2 x 26 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.23
Location: Not on view

Description

Woodblock printing in color reached its height in China in the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. It was executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.
  • ?–2025
    (Christer von der Burg, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2025–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • von Spee, Clarissa. “18th-Century Prints from Suzhou.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 65, no. 3 (2025): 28–29. Reproduced: p. 29 archive.org
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