Buddhist Retreat by Stream and Mountains 溪山蘭若圖
Juran 巨然 960–85
Cartel
- Artiste
- Juran
- Nom en chinois
- 巨然
- Date
- 960–85
- Période
- Chine, dynastie des Song du Nord (960–1127)
- Format
- Rouleau suspendu (立軸)
- Technique
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 184.5 x 56.1 cm (72 5/8 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 260.5 x 77.4 cm (102 9/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1959.348
- Provenance
- Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
Ce qu'en dit le musée
Monk Juran served the Southern Tang (937–75) imperial house in Nanjing, where he studied with Dong Yuan (active 930s–60s). Both founded the southern landscape tradition, or Jiangnan school, known for gentle misty riverscapes in wet ink. Juran moved north to Kaifeng when the Southern Tang surrendered to the Northern Song, the impact of which may be seen in this painting, presumably painted after 976. A towering mountain dominates the composition, typically representing the style of the Northern Song academy; while the use of long hemp fiber strokes to texture the mountains, wet dots, and round boulders on mountain tops are elements of the southern landscape tradition.
Notice de The Cleveland Museum of Art, fiche de l'œuvre.
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This hanging scroll with the towering mountain is a prime example of the monumental landscape style of Northern Song.
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Inscriptions et sceaux
The upper portion of the scroll: the two small characters, “Ju wu 巨五”, written near the large seal. Written by a functionary in Shang Shu Sheng (the Department of State Affairs) when the painting was first received.
The upper portion of the scroll: the large seal, “Shang Shu Sheng yin 尚書省印” (seal of the Department of State Affairs)
The upper portion of the scroll: the half-seal “Si yin 司印”, seen along a border. Attributed to 典禮紀察司 of Ming dynasty.
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