Listening to the Qin 聽琴圖
Tang Yin 唐寅 fin des années 1400 – début des années 1500
Cartel
- Artiste
- Tang Yin
- Nom en chinois
- 唐寅
- Date
- fin des années 1400 – début des années 1500
- Période
- Chine, dynastie des Ming (1368–1644)
- Format
- Rouleau suspendu (立軸)
- Technique
- hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall with knobs: 118 x 45 cm (46 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Painting: 35.8 x 29.1 cm (14 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1977.199
- Provenance
- Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy
Ce qu'en dit le musée
The painting alludes to a legendary incident from the life of Ji Kang 嵇康 (AD 223–262), a guqin player who belonged to a group of 3rd-century eccentric intellectuals. Ji Kang is known as the author of a Guangling San (廣陵散; Melody from Guangling), a composition for the guqin so haunting that it aroused spirits to visit him. The painting depicts the moment when one of the spirits––disguised as a human––is helped by another to emerge from the ground, while others are drawn to the musician playing in his cottage under the full moon.
Notice de The Cleveland Museum of Art, fiche de l'œuvre.
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The painting is mounted in a Japanese-style three-tier format with futai.
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Inscriptions et sceaux
Artist's seal at lower left corner: Wu [remainder cut off].
Transcription et traduction : The Cleveland Museum of Art