China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) / 1668
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7) as painting (China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1668).
The season depicted in this leaf is ambiguous, but the presence of bamboo and pine (two of the "three friends" 歲寒三友) points to winter.
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The museum identifies this painting as album leaf; ink and light color on paper and credits Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673).
The museum's collection notes: Throughout his lifetime, Xiao Yuncong visited Nanjing and Yangzhou, cities embedded in the fertile and water-rich Jiangnan region, as reflected in his paintings. Xiao painted from nature, and his landscapes are informed by the seasons and his travels, as well as by his experience as a print designer. Xiao’s fresh, light colors continue to appear in later Shanghai school paintings. This album was formerly in the collection of Li Yufen in Yangzhou and then owned by Wu Hufan in Shanghai. While the artist impressed his seal consistently below his poetic inscriptions in the upper parts of the composition, the red seals on the margins and in the lo
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