Seven Chinese Immortals
Kan det ses?
Ikke udstillet lige nu
Hvor er »Seven Chinese Immortals« i dag? Samling: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Ikke udstillet lige nu. Kontrolleret 29. september 2026.
Cambridge, USA
Det hører til samlingen, men er ikke udstillet for tiden.
- Kontrolleret
- Uændret siden
- Kilde
- Museet
Om maleriet
Goshun initially trained under poet and literati painter Yosa Buson (1716–1784), but subsequently adopted many of the ornamentalizing habits of the Maruyama studio. This pair of screens decoratively depicts seven of the eight Chinese immortals, an established literati ink-painting theme. At the head of the group is Daoist scholar Dongfang Shuo, who famously stole the legendary peaches that grant eternal life; the elderly magician Zhang Guolao walks alongside a dragon at the rear, his mule transformed into a folded sheet of paper tied to his staff. They and their immortal companions are rendered relatively simply in ink. However, the work is theatrically elevated by a generous sprinkling of several types of gold, which forms drifting clouds that imbue the celestial scene with a mystic beauty.
Harvard Art Museums
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- 2017.223
I kataloget
Kilder
- Harvard Art Museums
- Billede: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
