Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)
1570
Wen Boren
Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575)
Chinese Art
Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World), 1570. Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575). Hanging scroll mounted on a panel, ink and color on paper; image: 170.2 x 79.4 cm (67 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.103
- Maker/Artist
- Wen Boren
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll mounted on a panel, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 170.2 x 79.4 cm (67 x 31 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 4 seals: Shaking one's clothes on a thousand-jen peak,/ Washing one's feet in a ten-thousand-li stream. In the gengwu year of the Longqing era [1570], fifteenth day of the tenth month, Wufeng shanren, Wen Boren recorded a special occasion. [2 seals] Wufeng shanren; Wen Boren Te-ch'eng chang. [2 seals, lower right corner] Te-ch'eng; She-shan chang. trans. HR Inscription: 2 additional seals of Zhang Heng 張珩 (1915-1963)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.103
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c), <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>The Fragrance of Ink: Chinese and Japanese Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. A. Dean Perry</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-August 3, 1997).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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