The Burke Collection
Clouds Rising above Mountains and Streams (山川出雲圖)
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Artist

Chen Danzhong

(陳丹衷; jinshi 1642)

Catalogue information

Ming–Qing dynasty, 17th century, before 1652

Framed album leaf; ink on paper

24.8 x 32.2 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.), excluding frame

Donated to the Yale University Art Gallery by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

See also

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 958 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.

Additional details

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Text

[by artist] On a spring day, Yuan weng [Zhou Lianggong] of Hanshang [Yangzhou], the esteemed official, our fathers being of the same year in the examinations, took out twelve sheets of paper requesting paintings. Master Po [Su Shi] said:

My poem on Miaogao[tai] was composed fulfilling
a request.” I know that my paintings are not worthy
of even being in a commonplace album.

Signature

[of artist] Your younger subordinate Chen Danzhong (zhiniandi Chen Danzhong 治年第陳丹衷)

Seal

[of artist] Seal of Chen Danzhong [Chen Danzhong yin 陳丹衷印] (square, intaglio)

Text

[by Chen Hongshou (陳洪綬, 1598–1652)]

This closely resembles Administrator Beiyuan’s [Dong Yuan, d. 967] Clouds Rising above Mountains and Streams (ji si Beiyuan taishou Shanchuan chuyun tu 極似北苑太守山川出雲圖)

Signature

[of inscriber] Hongshou 洪綬

Seal

[of collector] Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672): Lianggong 亮工 (rectangular, relief)