元 盛著 秋江垂釣圖 團扇|Angling in the Autumn River
The Met
Artist: Sheng Zhu(Chinese, active late 14th century)
Date: ca. 1370
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 10 3/16 × 10 13/16 in. (25.9 × 27.5 cm)
Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Bequest of Martha T. Fiske Collord, in memory of her first husband, Josiah M. Fiske, Bequest of Mrs. Beekman Hoppin, and Gift of Herman Cooper, by exchange, 1973
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Muted landscape with gnarled trees, distant mountains, a wide river, and a small figure
Detailed Description
The artwork is an oval-shaped painting rendered primarily in shades of brown, gray, and black ink on a light brown ground. In the upper half, a series of soft, rounded mountains extends across the background, depicted in lighter gray tones with subtle texture. Below the mountains, a wide body of water, likely a river or lake, stretches across the middle ground, appearing calm and reflective. In the foreground, on the left side, a cluster of dark, gnarled trees with sparse, dark foliage rises from the lower left corner. Their branches extend upwards and towards the center, with one prominent tree leaning significantly to the right. To the right of these, another large, gnarled tree with denser, dark foliage curves dramatically from the lower right, its branches reaching towards the left and upper center. The immediate foreground consists of a rocky, uneven bank with patches of dark, textured ground. Tall, thin grasses are depicted along the water's edge, particularly on the right side. A small, light-colored figure, possibly a person, is seated or kneeling on the bank near the base of the trees on the left, facing the water. Two small, dark bird-like shapes are visible in the sky above the water on the right. Outside the oval painting, on the right side of the rectangular frame, vertical text is visible, reading: "董源秋江漁釣". A red seal is also present in the upper left corner and two more in the lower right corner of the outer frame.
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