The Garden of Serenity

Song Bolu (signed by artist), 1922

This painting depicts the visit of a friend to a scholar in the garden of his home, where he escapes from society to live as a reclusive hermit. The artist did not aim to render a realistic landscape, but rather make an idealized portrait of the life of a hermit.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-RAK-1991-6
  • Dimensionsheight 115.4 cm x width 30.9 cm, width 413 mm, diameter 60 mm, height 9 cm x width 45 cm x depth 9.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsink on paper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Garden of Serenity

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-RAK-1991-6

  • Description

    Landschap met tuin. De schildering wordt gevolgd door vijf colofons, gedateerd 1925-1933. In houten doos.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    date

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Song Bolu (signed by artist), Liquan

  • Dating

    1922

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ink on paper

  • Dimensions

    • height 115.4 cm x width 30.9 cm
    • width 413 mm
    • diameter 60 mm
    • height 9 cm x width 45 cm x depth 9.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Some notes on two Chinese dress ornaments in the Rijksmuseum, uit: Aziatische Kunst : mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 45, 2015, 3, pagina 39-42
    • Ching-Ling Wang, Views from a Scholar's Studio, uit: Aziatische Kunst : mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 44, 2014, 3, pagina pp. 41-45
    • Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Chinese schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum. Catalogus', Aziatische Kunst 21/1 (1991), pp. 12-25 (nr. 16).

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