Moonlit River Landscape with Figures

Guan Xining, c. 1750 - c. 1785

The landscape in this painting is based on a story by the 9th-century poet Bai Juyi. One chilly autumn evening, while on a ferry the poet heard music from another boat. Enchanted, he asked the musician to come on board and play for him. If you do not know this story, you would simply see an ordinary landscape with a harbour on a river.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-RAK-1990-15
  • Dimensionsheight 61.2 cm x width 67.5 cm, height 1.2 cm x width 76.8 cm, width 85.8 cm, diameter 4.6 cm, diameter 3.8 cm, height 7.5 cm x width 8 cm x length 89.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Moonlit River Landscape with Figures

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-RAK-1990-15

  • Description

    Hangrol, rivierlandschap met figuren bij maanlicht.

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: Guan Xining, China
    • Yangzhou

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1785

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  • Dimensions

    • height 61.2 cm x width 67.5 cm
    • height 1.2 cm x width 76.8 cm
    • width 85.8 cm
    • diameter 4.6 cm
    • diameter 3.8 cm
    • height 7.5 cm x width 8 cm x length 89.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

  • Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Chinese schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum. Catalogus', Aziatische Kunst 21/1 (1991), pp. 12-25 (nr. 8).

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