Recluse washing his feet in a stream

Chen Guan Chinese
dated 1629
Not on view
Near a thatched cottage, a recluse sits on the branch of a tree over a babbling creek and dips his feet in the cool water. A servant approaches on the path behind him with a jug of wine. The couplet, excerpted from a poem by the Tang-dynasty scholar Han Yu (768–824), reads:

I sit beneath luxuriant trees to pass the days;
I dip my feet in the clear springs to delight myself.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明 陳祼 茂樹清泉圖 摺扇
  • Title: Recluse washing his feet in a stream
  • Artist: Chen Guan (Chinese, 1563–after 1639)
  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
  • Date: dated 1629
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (16.5 x 49.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.100.95
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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