Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 5

early 1650s

Fan Qi

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694)

Chinese Art

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 5, early 1650s. Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.22.5 Barren tree branches on the peak and the bushes' reddish foliage give the scene an autumnal feel.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fan Qi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: album leaf, ink and color on silk
Medium: album, leaf, ink, color, silk
Dimensions: Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Zhou Yi 周儀 (mid 17th century–about 1705): That stone path surrounded by streams - for whom was it created?/ Leaning on my staff, I walk and hum, arriving alone./ As soon as I ascend to gaze at these mountains, my happiness increases,/ Every morning the moistening dew makes slippery the green moss.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1975.22.5
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review: 1975, <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 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 7-July 7, 2015).
Rights Statement: CC0