Man with Staff by a Stream

Inscriptions

Artist’s inscription: Light mist swept clear morning mountain, Cold and chilly, half of the autumn already passed. I am in the west of the Jian [Hangzhou?], herd about the turmoil in the north. Amidst the sound of stream, there is bird’s lonely song. In the winter, twelfth month of the bingyin year (1746), Xinluoshanven painted and wrote at Tietaoguan. (Eun-wha Park, 1989) seals Youxin ruwei; relief, square. Hua Yan; intaglio, square. Qiuyue; intaglio, square. (Eun-wha Park, 1989) -- Two seals by the artist. Right bottom-one seal by the artist. Left bottom one seal by a famous collector of the 19th century. Ho Yen. One seal by Chai Le Tang.

Publications

“Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museum”, 1967, Archives of Asian Art (1968-69), p. 107, Fig. 3. ?? Archives of Asian Art, 1967, p. 107-108,126-127.

Quick Overview

Artist: Hua Yan / Chinese, 1682-c. 1765
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: 149.9 × 54.7 cm (59 × 21 1/2 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: hanging scroll
Style: Chinese (culture or style)
Place: China
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
Accession no.: 1967.576

Provenance

The Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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