Zhang Feng, Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove
Severance Fund, 1977.173 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Zhang Feng

Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove

1657

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
96.5 × 34.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-115225

Zhang Feng from Nanjing passed the local government examinations shortly before the fall of the Ming dynasty. With the Manchu conquest, he joined the ranks of loyalists who refused to serve the new regime. He chose the intermittently frugal life of a Buddhist adept. Many of his paintings lament the loss of the empire. In this scroll, he depicts a lone figure in a stark landscape of frosty atmosphere enshrouded in mists. Close looking reveals red strokes that color the grounds, a way of expressing his loyalty to the Ming whose family name Zhu means red.

Provenance

Severance Fund, 1977.173

Registry history

  • 1657 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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