2000.343: Landscape After Wang Meng's "Immortal Abode in the Pine Covered Mountains"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2000.343

People

Wang Hui 王翬, Chinese (1632 - 1717)

Title

Landscape After Wang Meng's "Immortal Abode in the Pine Covered Mountains"

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

hanging scroll, painting

Date

1701

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/174968

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper; with artist's signature reading "Haiyu Wang Hui" and with artist's and collectors' seals

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 155.6 x W. 58.6 cm (61 1/4 x 23 1/16 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 247 x W. 88 cm (97 1/4 x 34 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Weng Tonghe, Changshu and Beijing, China (by 1904), by inheritance; to Weng Zhilian, Changshu and Tianjin, China (1904-1919), by inheritance; to Wan-go H.C. Weng, Tianjin, China, New York, and New Hampshire (1919-2000), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Footnotes:
Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830-1904)
Weng Zhilian 翁之廉 (d. 1919), great-grandson of Weng Tonghe
Wan-go H.C. Weng 翁万戈 (1918-2018), son of Weng Zhilian

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wan-go H.C. Weng

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

2000.343

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/10/2022 - 06/04/2023

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