Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009723Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters
by Mei Qing
Also known as: Landscapes after Various Styles of Old Masters; Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters 倣古山水圖冊
Inscriptions
Summer Leaf III (formerly Leaf D). Artist's inscription, signature, and seals: [seal] Sanmei you. Massive in size, its trunk is truly grand, Luxuriant in foliage, its color never fades. Standing along and still growing upwards, The trunk intends to be beside the clouds. Mei Qing of Qushan [painted] and inscribed in imitation of old Shih-t'ien's [Shen Zhou] brush idea in the gengwu year [1690], summer, the sixth month. [2 seals] Quxing, Qing; Yuangong. [2 seals, lower right corner] Huasong; Bo jian shan kou ren jia.
Provenance
?–1962: Richard B. Hobart [1885–1963], Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1962–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959). Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967). The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697)
- Date
- 1690
- Medium
- album leaf: ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1962.157.4
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