Boating in Moonlight
1600–1699
- Medium
- album leaf; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 30 x 26.3 cm (11 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Overall: 34.9 x 30.6 cm (13 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
About
Painted in bold brushstrokes and ink wash, contrasting black and white, and occupied and voided space, this intimately sized painting depicts a scholar-hermit enjoying elegant boating under moonlight. The theme of a moonlight boat excursion below a cliff depicted in this work echoes the tradition of illustrating "Ode to the Red Cliff," a pair of poems by Su Shi, famous Northern Song Chinese poet (1037–1101).