Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow / Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.139
- Title
- Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow
- Artist
- Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (1478 - after 1567)
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- Object Creation Date
- early 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscription of artist at upper right corner: San-sung. Seal of artist at upper right corner: Chu-lai shan-jen. Additional seals and inscriptions: Lable: Authentic work of Ming Chiang Sung, "Evening Snow, Returning Fisherman"; remounted 1972. (Ming Chiang Sung mu-hsüeh kuei-yü t'u chen-chi, i chiu ch'i erh nien chung-chuang)
- Dimensions
- 234 cm x 129.2 cm (92 1/8 in. x 50 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Swift, spontaneous brushwork is used to capture a winter landscape. Two fishermen, wearing wide-brimmed straw hats and thatched grass rain capes, work their way through the heavy snow as they cross a bridge, carrying nets on their shoulders.
- Subject Matter
- The impressive scale of this hanging scroll, the spare composition, and bold use of brush and ink are characteristic of this professional Zhe school artist Jiang Song's style.
- Primary Keywords
- fishermen (people)
- ink
- landscapes (environments)
- net fishing vessels
- nets (objects)
- painting (image-making)
- rocks
- snow
- straw (hats)
- winter
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- fishing vessels
- fishing vessels by function
- hats
- headgear
- hunting and commercial fishing vessels
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by function
- watercraft by specific type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 939 x 1397
- File Size
- 85 KB
- Record
- 1976/2.139
- Link to this Item
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"Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow; Jiang Song (Chiang Sung)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1976-sl-2.139/1976_2.139.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
