Looking for a Monastery in the Misty Mountains

Creator Name

Chen Chun (Chinese, 1483–1544);
陳淳

Cultural Context

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Date

1500–1544

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Title

Looking for a Monastery in the Misty Mountains

Creator

Chen Chun (Chinese, 1483–1544), artist;
陳淳, artist

Worktype

Painting

Cultural Context

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Material

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 158 x 63.5 cm (62 3/16 x 25 in.);
height: 1.58metre;
width: 0.635metre

Technique

Language

Date

1500–1544

Provenance

(James J. Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), ?-1979; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979-; John L. Severance Fund

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Row after row of misty trees envelop the Buddhist Monastery./ But the rustic who comes to find it will not lose his way./ Just across the wooden bridge, the dusty world is cut off;/ Among the countless falling petals, birds are singing confusedly. Daofu 道複 composed [this]. [seals] Fufu shi 復甫; Baiyang shanren 白陽山人. trans. WKH/LYSL; 3 additional unidentified seals.; 1 additional unidentified seal on the back of the mounting.

Location

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

Subject

Topic

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Chen Chun (Chinese, 1483–1544), Looking for a Monastery in the Misty Mountains, 1500–1544, Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0.

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