Returning Home in a Driving Rain
This composition, formerly attributed to Xia Gui, depicts two farmers struggling to return home in a summer downpour. Although the drawing of the angry cliff face and dancing tree leaves is extremely skillful, the effect is somewhat theatrical. The round brushwork, while deriving from Xia Gui, is from a different hand, probably that of a close follower.
Artwork Details
- 南宋 佚名 倣夏珪 冒雨尋莊圖 團扇
- Title: Returning Home in a Driving Rain
- Artist: After Xia Gui (Chinese, active ca. 1195–1230)
- Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
- Date: early 13th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 10 3/8 in. (25.6 x 26.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
- Object Number: 1982.7.3
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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