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Landscape

Hu Yuan Chinese
dated 1885
Not on view
Hu Yuan's fan is inscribed as follows:

The rains cease and the maple forest
turns bright in the sunset. On the
deserted mountain a lonely man is
refreshed by the spring run.

[Trans. from Ellsworth et al., Later Chinese Painting]

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清 胡遠 山水 扇面
  • Title: Landscape
  • Artist: Hu Yuan (Chinese, 1823–1886)
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: dated 1885
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
  • Dimensions: 6 15/16 x 20 1/4 in. (17.6 x 51.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.267.31
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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