Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

Description

The poem inscribed in this painting reads: "Ten thousand layered lofty mountains are presented to the cultivated eye, A thousand feet of cascading falls cleanse the dusty heart. May the harmonies of my red-stringed tune Be the humble answer to the pine wind's ancient song." Different versions of this painting exist. Scholars have suggested that the solid renderings of the rock masses and the volumetric mountain configurations as seen here appear more characteristic of Lu Zhi 陸治 (1496–1576), Wen Zhengming's pupil.

Provenance

Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 [1620–1691]; Lu Xinyuan 陸心源 [1834–1894]; Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988]; (Jean-Pierre Dubosc [1904–1988], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1969); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1969-)

Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

Wen Zhengming

1548

Accession Number

1969.60

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 132 x 50.5 cm (51 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund