Scholarly Reclusion in a Waterside Garden

Object Details

• Artist

  Follower of Wang E (ca. 1462-ca. 1541)

  Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York in 1916 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 989, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Boating on a River (February 12 to August 14, 2005)

  Chinese Gardens in Painters Imagination (February 1, 1997 to January 4, 1998)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 1, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to December 12, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

  Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1540s

• Name

  Wang, Jiantang, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Water, Mountains, Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Qin, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings