Unknown artist
View of Changmen Gate in Suzhou
1700s
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper, printed in two shades of black and red ink
- Dimensions
- 34.6 × 52 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-1307045
This print depicts an official or imperial visit to the city of Suzhou during the Qing dynasty. Officials and residents line the streets in anticipation of a procession approaching from the left. On top of Diao bridge at the lower right, officials are wielding whips to clear the road. The emperors traditionally disembarked at the Chang Gate to visit the city on horseback, making this location a favorite pictorial theme. Written labels reveal various Suzhou businesses, such as Qianzhuang 錢莊 (private bank), Yusan hang 雨傘行 (umbrella store), and Jinjing 進京 (goods for the capital).
Provenance
Wade Fund, 2025.100
Registry history
- 1700s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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