Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa)
1500s
Wen Boren
Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575)
Chinese Art
Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa), 1500s. Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575). Handscroll, ink and color on paper; overall: 27 x 271.3 cm (10 5/8 x 106 13/16 in.); painting only: 21 x 60 cm (8 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.581 Wen Boren depicted the chilly autumn water with a fishnet pattern.
- Maker/Artist
- Wen Boren
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- Medium
- handscroll, ink, color, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27 x 271.3 cm (10 5/8 x 106 13/16 in.); Painting only: 21 x 60 cm (8 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: "潯陽送客圖" 五峰山人文伯仁寫于停雲館中 [印] 文伯仁; 五峰 Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Saying Farewell at Xunyang. Wu feng shan ren, Wen Boren painted [this] at Ting yun guan. [seals] Wen Boren; Wu feng. Inscription: 2 colophons and 9 additional seals: 1 transcription of "Pipa xing 琵琶行” (Song of Pipa) and 3 seals of Zhu Yizun 朱彜尊 (1629-1709); 2 seals of Wu Rongguang 吳榮光 (1773-1843); 1 colophon, dated 1826, and 3 seals of Wu Xijia 吳錫嘉 (mid-1700s)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1954.581
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Migrations of Memory––The Poetry and Power of Music (平沙落雁 — 音樂的詩意與力量) (Chinese art rotation), <em>Chinese Landscape Painting</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4-July 23, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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