Fishing Recluse by an Autumn Grove (秋林漁隱圖)
late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Dimensions
102.8 × 34.9 cm (40 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
hanging scroll
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80213
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This painting bears a spurious signature of the Yuan dynasty painter Sheng Mou , is likely a 17th-century wholesale recreation of a recorded original of the same title and date done by Sheng Mou for the 14th-century poet Lu Pu. As such, the painting evidences the attention that Sheng Mou's work attracted in the early 17th century, and references in the spurious inscriptions a network of recorded and transmitted paintings seemingly created in imitation of the same original. While the brushwork is...
About the Artist
Sheng Mao · 1270–1380
Chinese, active ca. 1310–1360