Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Woodcutter of Mount Lo-Fou

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1964.156
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Paintings
Creator Name: 
Chen Ruyen
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
c. 1331 - bef 1371
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Chen Ruyen
Title: 
The Woodcutter of Mount Lo-Fou
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1366
Creation Start Date: 
1366
Creation End Date: 
1366
Materials and Techniques: 
hanging scroll, ink on silk
Dimensions: 
Image: 141cm x 76.2cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1964.156
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Inscriptions: 
Artist's inscription: In the twenty-sixth year of Chih-cheng [1366], the first month after the fifteenth day, Ch'en Ju-yen of Lu-shan painted this Woodcutter of Mount Lo-fou for Ssu-ch'i, the Judge.2 colophons and 18 additional seals: 5 seals of Wang Shih-min (1592-1680); 2 seals of Kung Hsiang-lin (1658-1733); 1 colophon, dated 1684, of Yen Sheng-sun (1623-1702); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Huang Jen (1683-1768); 2 seals of Lu Shu-sheng (3rd son of Lu Hsin-yüan); 2 seals of T'ao Kuang; 1 seal of T'an Ching (20th c.); 3 seals of Chang heng (1915-1963); 2 seals unidentified.WKH
Rights: 
Context: 
Painted about five years before the colorful handscroll nearby, this landscape illustrates the traditionalism of Chinese painting: while the brush manner is novel, the composition is based upon early Song dynasty (960-1127) models. The soft raveling brushstrokes and lumpy rock shapes are characteristic of the new 14th-century stylistic expression.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1964.156.tif