China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) / c. 1624–27
River and Mountains on a Clear Autumn Day
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs River and Mountains on a Clear Autumn Day as painting (China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · c. 1624–27).
The painting has an imprint of a Korean seal that reads "Seal of the king of Joseon."
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The museum identifies this painting as Handscroll; ink on Korean paper and credits Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555–1636).
The museum's collection notes: Dong Qichang had a tremendous impact on the artistic practices and historiography of later generations; his works and writings shaped literati aesthetics. Here, Dong places an abstract landscape composition diagonally across the picture plane, configured to recall earlier masters and simultaneously express his own personal style. Dong’s inscription claims, Huang Gongwang’s Autumn Day, looks like this. I truly regret the master has not seen my work . In fact, Dong Qichang may have had Dong Yuan’s Xiao and Xiang Rivers in mind, a work he owned and considered a key work in Chinese art history.
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