Mountain Landscape in Moonlight

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Mountain Landscape in Moonlight

Date
1200s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on silk
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
153729

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Painted in modulated monochrome ink washes with dark dots for foliate accents, the anonymous artist successfully suggests the dense atmosphere of a warm summer night. Under a full moon a scholar rides a mule, accompanied by a servant who carries his belongings. The poem inscribed by Chan (Zen) priest Yunfeng Miaogao identifies the figure as the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu 杜甫 (712–770). Who rides Du [Fu]'s mule: Through the universe his name resounds. Chanting poems as he rides off on his mule, How quickly does he become drunk with Heaven and Earth!

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance
by 1972–1987: Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, deaccessioned and consigned to Sotheby's New York | June 2, 1987: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, Fine Chinese Paintings sale June 2, 1987, lot 1, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1987–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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