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Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley

1630

Sheng Maoye 盛茂燁

(Chinese, active early 1600s)

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk

Painting: 181.2 x 93 cm (71 5/16 x 36 5/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 256.5 x 121.9 cm (101 x 48 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.88

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: In the tenth month of the keng-wu year of the Ch'ung-chen era [1630]. Sheng Mao-yeh [seals] Sheng yin Mao-yeh; Yü-hua shih. 4 additional seals of Liu Shu (1759-1816).

Provenance

Walter Hochstadter

Richard B. Hobart, Cambridge

Walter Hochstadter; (Richard B. Hobart, Cambridge).

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954: Lee, Chinese Landscape Painting, cat. no. 72.

Haus der Kunst, Munich, (10/16-12/13/959): 1000 Jahre, cat. no. 73.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 199, p. 255.

Mansfield Art Center (2/27-4/10/1983): Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.63, cat. no. 38

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242): January 7, 2015 - July 7, 2015.

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).

Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).