2000.342: Landscape After Dong Yuan

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2000.342

People

Wang Jian 王鑑, Chinese (1598 - 1677)

Title

Landscape After Dong Yuan

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

hanging scroll, painting

Date

3rd quarter 17th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175142

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper with artist's signature reading "Loushui Wang Jian" and seal reading "Wang Jian zhi yin"

Dimensions

painting proper: 133.7 × 61.8 cm (52 5/8 × 24 5/16 in.)
with mounting, including cord and roller ends: 230 × 91.5 cm (90 9/16 × 36 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Loushui Wang Jian; seal: Wang Jian zhi yin

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

2000.342

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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