Viewing the Moon in an Empty Room

1829

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A gentleman and his young son sit in an open hall, viewing the moon through banks of mist. The artist’s inscription indicates that the scene was inspired by a poem of mourning, in which the empty room and the moon evoke the loss of a loved one.

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清　顧洛　空房對月圖　冊
Title: Viewing the Moon in an Empty Room
Artist: Gu Luo (Chinese, 1763–after 1837)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 1829
Culture: China
Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Each (painting): 9 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (23.5 × 32 cm)
Image (album): 12 × 14 3/16 in. (30.5 × 36 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Jane DeBevoise and the Calello Family, 2024
Object Number: 2024.549.7
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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