Clouds over the River before Rain 溪雲欲雨圖卷

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

Ming dynasty (1369–1644), dated 1504 明朝

Shen Zhou, 沈周
Chinese, 1427-1509

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Shen Zhou
Title: Clouds over the River before Rain 溪雲欲雨圖卷
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1440–1509
Medium: Handscroll; ink and colors on paper
Inscriptions: Frontispiece (引首) by Luo Zhenyu 羅振玉: 石田老人溪雲欲雨圖卷石渠寶笈三編著錄己未春羅振玉謹署題 Seals: 上虞羅氏，振玉印信 Inscription on Painting: 溪雲欲雨圖弘治甲子仲夏四日長洲沈周画 [Clouds over the river before rain; on the fourth day of the fifth month in the year jiazi of the Hongzhi reign (1504), painted by Shen Zhou]. Artist's Seal:启南, Collectors' Seal: 嘉慶御覽之寶，石渠寶笈，寶笈三編，吳沈氏有竹莊圖書，嘉慶鑑賞，三希堂精鑑璽，宜子孫. Colophons by Nagao Kô (1846-1942 ) and Naitô Tora (1886-1934) [see CMA Mi Youren handscroll, 33.220]
Dimensions: 34.8 × 810.3 cm (13 3/4 × 319 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1961.224
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The Art Institute of Chicago : Ming (1368-1644) Ching (1644-1921) dynasties Exhibition 1964

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