Xu Jingyang Moving His Family
1644
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 165.3 × 64 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-111704
Xu Jingyang was a dedicated fourth-century Confucian official who allegedly turned into a Daoist immortal. This scroll depicts the legend that when he attained immortality, he took his entire household, including chickens and dogs, to paradise.Cui Zizhong’s painting style intentionally referenced ancient masters. Typical of the pre-Song dynasty landscape tradition, there is the use of blue and green colors and an emphasis on outline rather than texture. While the trembling outlines are reminiscent of earlier painters, the flickering light on rocks and trees is a stylistic feature of Cui’s own…
Provenance
Marlatt Fund, 1961.90
Registry history
- 1644 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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