Lang Shining / Training a Horse on the Northern Frontier / early 18th century

Lang Shining
Training a Horse on the Northern Frontier
early 18th century
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Creator Name: Castiglione, Giuseppe
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1688 - 1766
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Milan
Creator Name-CRT: Lang Shining
Creator Name: Jiao Bingzhen
Creator Qualifier: and
Creator Nationality: Chinese
Creator Name-CRT: Jiao Bingzhen
Title: Training a Horse on the Northern Frontier
Title Type: Primary
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Creation Start Date: 1700
Creation End Date: 1725
Creation Date: early 18th century
Object Type: Paintings
Classification Term: Painting
Materials and Techniques: fan painting, ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 18.9cm x 52.1cm
Inscriptions: Artists' inscription, signatures, and 2 seals (1 of each artist): Training a Horse on the Northern Frontier. By imperial command, to sketch from life. Servants Chiao Ping-chen, Lang Shih-ning respectfully painted in collaboration. [seals] Ping-chen; Shih-ning.2 additional seals of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (r. 1736-95). 13 additional inscriptions: 12 poems by the Ch'ien-lung emperor and inscribed by Wang Yu-tun (1692-1758); 1 poem incised on the outer ribs of the fan by Tung Pang-ta (1699-1769).
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1979.18
Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
AMICA ID: CMA_.1979.18
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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