Summer Mountains 夏山圖
Item
Title
Summer Mountains
夏山圖
夏山圖
Description
(none)
identifier
39915
Source
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39915
Creator
Unidentified artist
Attributed to Qu Ding (conjecture)
傳屈鼎
Attributed to Qu Ding (conjecture)
傳屈鼎
annotates
Frontispiece
Unidentified artist, 1 column in standard script, undated:
Summer Mountains by Yan Wengui
燕文貴 《夏山圖》
Other inscription
Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736–1795), 12 columns in semi-cursive script, dated 1748; 1 double seal:
This elegant painting is very old;
The Xuanhe seals [of the Song emperor Huizong, r. 1101–1125] makes it even more precious.
The objects [in the painting] appear full of life,
As if the trees and rocks were drawn from nature.
The lush foliage of the summer mountains is moist;
The sunny gorges hum with increasing waves.
Perching hundreds of feet high, the pavilions appear spacious.
How would it feel to lean on a railing and enjoy this view?
Imperially inscribed in the first lunar month of the wuchen year (1748).[1]
古秀芸芬歲月多，錦題珍重印宣和。
即看與物開生面，渾是臨池寫擘窠。
如滴夏山常罨翠，欲鳴晴峽漸增波。
高棲百尺軒而敞，試一憑欄快若何。
戊辰新正月御題。 [印]： 乾、隆
[1] Translation from Department records.
Unidentified artist, 1 column in standard script, undated:
Summer Mountains by Yan Wengui
燕文貴 《夏山圖》
Other inscription
Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736–1795), 12 columns in semi-cursive script, dated 1748; 1 double seal:
This elegant painting is very old;
The Xuanhe seals [of the Song emperor Huizong, r. 1101–1125] makes it even more precious.
The objects [in the painting] appear full of life,
As if the trees and rocks were drawn from nature.
The lush foliage of the summer mountains is moist;
The sunny gorges hum with increasing waves.
Perching hundreds of feet high, the pavilions appear spacious.
How would it feel to lean on a railing and enjoy this view?
Imperially inscribed in the first lunar month of the wuchen year (1748).[1]
古秀芸芬歲月多，錦題珍重印宣和。
即看與物開生面，渾是臨池寫擘窠。
如滴夏山常罨翠，欲鳴晴峽漸增波。
高棲百尺軒而敞，試一憑欄快若何。
戊辰新正月御題。 [印]： 乾、隆
[1] Translation from Department records.
Abstract
Collectors’ seals
Song emperor Huizong 宋徽宗 (r. 1101–1125)
Daguan 大觀
Xuanhe 宣和
Ming palace inventory half-seal (1373–1384)
? ? ? ? Si yin 囗囗囗囗司印
Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691)
Jiaolin Jushi 蕉林居士
Ye Xi yuyin 冶溪漁隱
Cangyanzi 蒼岩子
Guan qi dalue 觀其大略
Jiaolin shoucang 蕉林收藏
Jiaolin Liang shi shuhua zhi yin 蕉林梁氏書畫之印
Jiaolin Shuwu 蕉林書屋
Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736–1795)
Wufuwudai Tang guxi tianzi bao 五福五代堂古稀天子寳
Bazheng maonian zhi bao 八徵耄念之寳
Taishang huangdi zhi bao 太上皇帝之寳
shou 壽
Guxi tianzi 古希天子
Baoji chongbian 寳笈重編
Shiqu baojian 石渠寳鋻
Sanxi Tang jingjian xi 三希堂精鋻璽
Shiqu baoji 石渠寳笈
Jishi duo suo xin 即事多所欣
Wan you tong chun 萬有同春
Qianlong yulan zhi bao 乾隆御覽之寳
Qianlong jianshang 乾隆鋻賞
Yi zisun 宜子孫
Qing emperor Jiaqing 清帝嘉慶 (r. 1796–1820)
Jiaqing yulan zhi bao 嘉慶御覽之寳
Qing emperor Xuantong 清帝宣統 (r. 1909–1911)
Xuantong yulan zhi bao 宣統御覽之寳
Xuantong jianshang 宣統鋻賞
Wuyi Zhai jingjian xi 無逸齋精鋻璽
Wang Jiqian 王季遷 (C. C. Wang, 1907–2003)
Zhenze Wang shi Jiqian shoucang 震澤王氏季遷收藏
Huaiyun Lou jianshang shuhua zhi ji 懷雲樓鋻賞書畫之記
Illegible: 1
Song emperor Huizong 宋徽宗 (r. 1101–1125)
Daguan 大觀
Xuanhe 宣和
Ming palace inventory half-seal (1373–1384)
? ? ? ? Si yin 囗囗囗囗司印
Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691)
Jiaolin Jushi 蕉林居士
Ye Xi yuyin 冶溪漁隱
Cangyanzi 蒼岩子
Guan qi dalue 觀其大略
Jiaolin shoucang 蕉林收藏
Jiaolin Liang shi shuhua zhi yin 蕉林梁氏書畫之印
Jiaolin Shuwu 蕉林書屋
Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736–1795)
Wufuwudai Tang guxi tianzi bao 五福五代堂古稀天子寳
Bazheng maonian zhi bao 八徵耄念之寳
Taishang huangdi zhi bao 太上皇帝之寳
shou 壽
Guxi tianzi 古希天子
Baoji chongbian 寳笈重編
Shiqu baojian 石渠寳鋻
Sanxi Tang jingjian xi 三希堂精鋻璽
Shiqu baoji 石渠寳笈
Jishi duo suo xin 即事多所欣
Wan you tong chun 萬有同春
Qianlong yulan zhi bao 乾隆御覽之寳
Qianlong jianshang 乾隆鋻賞
Yi zisun 宜子孫
Qing emperor Jiaqing 清帝嘉慶 (r. 1796–1820)
Jiaqing yulan zhi bao 嘉慶御覽之寳
Qing emperor Xuantong 清帝宣統 (r. 1909–1911)
Xuantong yulan zhi bao 宣統御覽之寳
Xuantong jianshang 宣統鋻賞
Wuyi Zhai jingjian xi 無逸齋精鋻璽
Wang Jiqian 王季遷 (C. C. Wang, 1907–2003)
Zhenze Wang shi Jiqian shoucang 震澤王氏季遷收藏
Huaiyun Lou jianshang shuhua zhi ji 懷雲樓鋻賞書畫之記
Illegible: 1
Rights Holder
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Identifier
1973.120.1
References
Wang Jie 王杰 et al. Midian zhulin shiqu baoji xubian 秘殿珠林石渠寶笈續編 (Catalogue of painting and calligraphy in the Qianlong imperial collection, second series). Preface dated 1793. Facsimile reprint of an original manuscript copy. 8 vols. vol. 2, Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1971, pp. 931–32.
Fong, Wen C., and Marilyn Fu. Sung and Yuan Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973, pp. 17–27, 138, cat. no. 1.
Fong, Wen C. Summer Mountains: The Timeless Landscape. Exh. cat. [New York]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, cat. no. 13, figs. 14, 15, 18, 20.
Cahill, James. An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: T'ang, Sung, and Yüan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980.
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬, ed. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編 (Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings: vol. 1 American and Canadian collections) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, p. 9, cat. no. A1-017.
Barnhart, Richard M. Along the Border of Heaven: Sung and Yüan Paintings from the C. C. Wang Family Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 38–39, figs. 7–8.
Fong, Wen C. et al. Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University. Exh. cat. Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 44, fig. 47.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 60–61, cat. no. 34.
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th–14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 70, 88–91, pls. 10, 10a.
Burn, Barbara, ed. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, pp. 176–77.
Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 110, fig. 41.
Törmä, Minna. Landscape Experience as Visual Narrative: Northern Song Dynasty Landscape Handscrolls in the Li Cheng–Yan Wengui Tradition. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2002, p. 107, figs. 3–3.31.
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008, pp. 389–91, fig. 17.
Hearn, Maxwell K. How to Read Chinese Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008, pp. 20–27, cat. no. 4.
Clapp, Anne de Coursey. Commemorative Landscape Painting in China. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 36, fig. 13.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, p. 90.
He Muwen 何慕文 (Hearn, Maxwell K.). Ruhe du Zhongguo hua: Daduhui Yishu Bowuguan cang Zhongguo shuhua jingpin daolan 如何读中国画 : 大都会艺术博物馆藏中国书画精品导览 (How to read Chinese paintings) Translated by Shi Jing 石静. Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 2015, pp. 20–27, cat. no. 4.
Fong, Wen C., and Marilyn Fu. Sung and Yuan Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973, pp. 17–27, 138, cat. no. 1.
Fong, Wen C. Summer Mountains: The Timeless Landscape. Exh. cat. [New York]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, cat. no. 13, figs. 14, 15, 18, 20.
Cahill, James. An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: T'ang, Sung, and Yüan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980.
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬, ed. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編 (Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings: vol. 1 American and Canadian collections) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, p. 9, cat. no. A1-017.
Barnhart, Richard M. Along the Border of Heaven: Sung and Yüan Paintings from the C. C. Wang Family Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 38–39, figs. 7–8.
Fong, Wen C. et al. Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University. Exh. cat. Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 44, fig. 47.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 60–61, cat. no. 34.
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th–14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 70, 88–91, pls. 10, 10a.
Burn, Barbara, ed. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, pp. 176–77.
Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 110, fig. 41.
Törmä, Minna. Landscape Experience as Visual Narrative: Northern Song Dynasty Landscape Handscrolls in the Li Cheng–Yan Wengui Tradition. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2002, p. 107, figs. 3–3.31.
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008, pp. 389–91, fig. 17.
Hearn, Maxwell K. How to Read Chinese Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008, pp. 20–27, cat. no. 4.
Clapp, Anne de Coursey. Commemorative Landscape Painting in China. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 36, fig. 13.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, p. 90.
He Muwen 何慕文 (Hearn, Maxwell K.). Ruhe du Zhongguo hua: Daduhui Yishu Bowuguan cang Zhongguo shuhua jingpin daolan 如何读中国画 : 大都会艺术博物馆藏中国书画精品导览 (How to read Chinese paintings) Translated by Shi Jing 石静. Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 2015, pp. 20–27, cat. no. 4.