Accession Number
1985/2.29

Title
The Happy Life of Fishermen

Artist(s)
Qian Gong

Object Creation Date
1610

Medium & Support
fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on gold paper

Dimensions
6 in x 18 1/4 in (15.2 cm x 46.3 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 71.28 cm);14 3/8 in x 23 1/2 in (36.5 cm x 59.7 cm);6 in x 18 1/4 in (15.2 cm x 46.3 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Subject matter
The painting idealizes the tranquility of a humble but pleasant life. The early seventeenth-century artist Qian Gong favored this subject as well as scenes of his native Suzhou.
Inscription: Painted on an autumn day in 1610 for Mr. Wen Shan. Qian Gong Seal of the artist

Physical Description
A group of fishermen and families sit in reeds, resting, playing, drinking, eating, and chatting. Birds fly in the backgrounf, and the reeds bend under the wind. At top center is calligraphic text.

Primary Object Classification
Unbound Work

Primary Object Type
leaf

Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
albums (books)
boats
fans (costume accessories)
fishermen (people)
fishing
ink
trees
water (inorganic material)