Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009870Landscape Album in Various Styles: Spring Plowing
by Zha Shibiao
Also known as: Album of Seasonal Landscapes 四季山水圖冊
About the Artwork
Zha Shibiao, a native of Anhui province, moved to Yangzhou later in his career, like so many of his fellow countrymen. At age 68, he painted this album with seasonal landscapes in various styles. Painted in fresh colors and wet strokes, all depict typical scenes of Jiangnan, the Yangzi delta: a herdboy on a buffalo wading through water, boating on the stream to the Peach Blossom Spring at Wulin, a waterfront town shrouded in mist, a scholar on his donkey enjoying the red autumn leaves, and drinking tea on a boat while watching migrating birds.
Inscriptions
Artist's inscription, signature, and seal: A picture of spring plowing. Painted by an Aging Idler. [seal] Shibiao.
Provenance
Ma Yueguan 馬曰琯 [1688–1755] Ding Huikang 丁惠康 [1868/1869–about 1918] and Gu Anmi 顧安宓 ?-1955: (C. T. Loo & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1955-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 12-November 5, 2023).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698)
- Date
- 1684
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 29.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
- Accession no.
- 1955.37.2
More by Zha Shibiao in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00009870
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