Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 9
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 9 is a 1654 unspecified by Fan Qi, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a small ink painting of two old, gnarled trees leaning into the sunset. A few crows perch on the branches or circle above them. The artist wrote a poem next to the trees. It says the crows feed their young first—like good parents. The poem asks: if people acted the same way, wouldn’t the world be full of talent? The trees and birds feel quiet, almost like a lesson. To see more paintings like this, look up china, qing dynasty (1644-1911).
