Morning Sun over Heavenly Citadel Peak
1614
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- 212.7 × 55.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-112602
A birthday gift, this scroll by Ding Yunpeng from Anhui is among the earliest paintings of Mount Huang (Yellow Mountains), here depicting Heavenly Citadel Peak. The mountains are named after the legendary Yellow emperor who is said to have visited the place to look for the essence of immortality. Deep red strokes accentuate vegetation and allude to cinnabar, the alleged elixir of immortality. Difficult to climb and access, Mount Huang in Anhui province did not become a destination for hikers nor a subject for artists before the late Ming dynasty, when steps were built. Today its towering peak…
Provenance
and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1965.28
Registry history
- 1614 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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