Visiting a friend at his mountain retreat
A solitary scholar sits in a riverside pavilion beneath mountain spires and watches a guest approach, walking staff in hand, at lower right. Yao Wenxie, born in Tongcheng, Anhui, might have been inspired by the dramatic mountain vistas of his native region.
Artwork Details
- 清 姚文燮 山居訪友圖 摺扇
- Title: Visiting a friend at his mountain retreat
- Artist: Yao Wenxie (Chinese, active 17th century)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1661
- Culture: China
- Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper
- Dimensions: Image: 9 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (23.8 × 51.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 11 3/4 × 23 5/16 in. (29.8 × 59.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 25 in. (38.1 × 63.5 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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