Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 10
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 10 is a 1654 unspecified by Fan Qi, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a single bamboo stalk bent under snow, a few egrets standing in icy water, and bare branches in the distance. Fan Qi painted this in the early Qing dynasty, when many artists used nature to show quiet resistance. The poem on the page—written by someone else—talks about cold and solitude, hinting at feelings the painting doesn’t spell out. If you like this, look up *china, qing dynasty (1644-1911)* to see more works from this time.
Leaf 10 Zhou Yi's colophon reads: Green bamboos stand alone with a snowy covering, In the deep recesses of a secluded valley, the evening breeze is light. White egrets are lean as shadows with the cold ripples frozen, They enter the gorge not just to admire the fish.
Icicles encase the leaves and red berries of the Nandina domestica (Heavenly Bamboo).
Read the full account in the museum source.
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