PaintingsKorean18th-19th century

Landscape with Towering Cliffs and with Old Trees on a Promontory by a Lake

mid 18th-early 19th century

Artists

Chŏng Sŏn (also known as Wŏn-paek ['cha']; Kyŏm-chae ['ho'])Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Folding fan painting mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper; with signature purportedly of the artist reading "Kyŏm-chae"; with two seals purportedly of the artist reading "Chŏng Sŏn" and "Wŏn-paek "

Culture

Korean

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 22.2 x W. 59.6 cm (8 3/4 x 23 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Sylvan Barnet and William C. Burto, Cambridge, MA (by 1971), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1971.

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