Crane, Pine and Bamboo / Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.265
- Title
- Crane, Pine and Bamboo
- Artist
- Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1835-1893
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860-1893
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Zhejiang (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Zhejiang (province)
- Inscription
- One artist's seal
- Dimensions
- 143.2 cm x 39.2 cm (56 3/8 in. x 15 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.
- Subject Matter
- Ren Xun, best known for painting birds and animals, was the younger brother of Ren Xiong’s (1823–1857). This elegant painting of a crane, a symbol of immortality, and pine and bamboo, symbols of longevity, is appropriate for birthday or New Year’s gifts. To suggest the cold season, Ren Xun chose orange pigment to depict the pine needles.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- evergreens
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 835 x 1471
- File Size
- 149 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.265
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.265/1987_1.265.jpg
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"Crane, Pine and Bamboo; Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.265/1987_1.265.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
