Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 4
Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694)
1650–1655
- Medium
- album leaf, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
About
The fourth painting by Fan Qi alludes to Wang Wei's poetic lines: In empty hills, there is no one there; Yet one can hear the sound of conversation. The calligraphic colophon by Xu Fang adjacent to the painting reads: By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions, Suddenly I see the silhouette of mountains, myriad expanses of green. What is this Feilai Peak which now does not recede? Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall.
