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Chinese landscape: winter

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1906-1907
Unidentified owner, to 1906-1907 [1]
From 1906-1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner, during collecting trip to Asia, in 1906-1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 580, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, C.L. Freer purchased this object during his "Oriental trip, 1906-1907."
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Style of Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)
Date
18th century?
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink and tint on silk
Dimensions
H x W: 105.3 x 44.4 cm (41 7/16 x 17 1/2 in)
Type
Painting
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