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Artist:
Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 28.3 x 45 cm (11 1/8 x 17 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
early to mid-17th century
Period:
Late Ming-early Qing dynasty
Provenance:
Possibly Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) (reigned 1861-1908), China [1]
To 1914
Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944), Peking, China, to 1914 [2]
From 1914 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edmund Backhouse, through T.J. Larkin, London, in 1914 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, Charles Lang Freer, 1917, in the object record: "It is said that this album was at one time the property of the late Dowager Empress."
[2] See Original Album List, pg. 45, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
landscape  Search this
winter  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
mountain  Search this
bridge  Search this
travel  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1914.59b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31e46804b-7702-489c-9cf6-36d823881cd1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1914.59b