Art Institute of Chicago

Fishing Recluse by an Autumn Grove (秋林漁隱圖)

Sheng Mao (attributed， 盛懋)

Date

late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Arts of Asia

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

This painting bears a spurious signature of the Yuan dynasty painter Sheng Mou , is likely a 17th-century wholesale recreation of a recorded original of the same title and date done by Sheng Mou for the 14th-century poet Lu Pu. As such, the painting evidences the attention that Sheng Mou's work attracted in the early 17th century, and references in the spurious inscriptions a network of recorded and transmitted paintings seemingly created in imitation of the same original. While the brushwork is related to known 17th-century painting styles, the subject matter and composition of this painting do homage to compositions associated with the work of Sheng Mou.

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