Distant mountains beyond a river

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Description

  Simply drawn buildings on the riverbank in the lower left corner of the composition are dwarfed by large windblown trees growing from a foreground promontory. A narrow bridge connects the elements in the lower left with a small tip of land at the lower right and, compositionally, leads the viewer into the distance, which is dominated by light blue mountain peaks. The asymmetrical composition is based on traditions developed during the Southern Song period and usually associated with Ma Yuan (active 1189-1224) and Xia Gui (active 1194-1224).

• Provenance

  To 1970

  Eugene (1875-1959) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY

  From 1970 to 1998

  Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914-2001), Armonk, NY, by descent from her mother Agnes E. Meyer [1]

  From 1992

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in 1998 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] See Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz’s Deed of Gift, dated February 5, 1998, in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970))

  Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Collection of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1600s

• Name

  Lorentz, Elizabeth Meyer, Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Mountains, Bridges, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings