Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009982Reminiscences of Qinhuai River
by Shitao
Also known as: Reminiscences of the Qinhuai River; Reminiscences of Qinhuai River 秦淮憶舊圖冊
About the Artwork
Shitao’s skillfully rendered composition suggests a sweeping movement from the base of the central rising mass, silhouette of forest, and a bright bend of misty atmosphere under the distant hills, to form almost a continual circle of energy—a gentle vortex. That is a perfect embodiment of the early Qing ideal of a momentous flow, with suggestion of the subterranean veins and linkages.
Provenance
Qin Tongli 秦通理 [early 20th century] ?-1966: C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1966-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707)
- Date
- 1642–1707
- Medium
- album leaf, ink and color on Song paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1966.31.7
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