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The Happy Life of Fishermen

Qian Gong

Artwork Details

The Happy Life of Fishermen
1610
Qian Gong
fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on gold paper
6 in x 18 1/4 in (15.2 cm x 46.3 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 71.28 cm);14 3/8 in x 23 1/2 in (36.5 cm x 59.7 cm);6 in x 18 1/4 in (15.2 cm x 46.3 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1985/2.29

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Description

Subject Matter:

The painting idealizes the tranquility of a humble but pleasant life. The early seventeenth-century artist Qian Gong favored this subject as well as scenes of his native Suzhou.
Inscription: Painted on an autumn day in 1610 for Mr. Wen Shan. Qian Gong Seal of the artist

Physical Description:

A group of fishermen and families sit in reeds, resting, playing, drinking, eating, and chatting. Birds fly in the backgrounf, and the reeds bend under the wind. At top center is calligraphic text.

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