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Qian Feng: Calligraphy   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Qian Feng  (1740–1795)  wikidata:Q16186107
 
Qian Feng
Description Chinese painter, calligrapher, poet and writer
Date of birth/death 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 1795 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q16186107
Title
Calligraphy
Description
English: An important government official and poet, Qian Feng [Ch'ien Feng] is remembered for his courage in speaking out against corruption in high places. Here, he as written that Sima Guang [Ssu-ma Kuang] (1019-1086), a Song-dynasty historian and conservative politician, had inscribed these words at the top of a mountain: "The secret of mountain climbing is to walk slowly, so that you will not tire, and to put down your feet on level spots, so that you will not stumble. This one should know."
Date between 1740 and 1795
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink on paper
medium QS:P186,Q127418;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 123.2 cm (48.5 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,123.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
35.181
Place of creation China
Object history
  • Sale, Christie's, New York, December 2, 1992, no. 64
  • Walters Art Museum, 1992, by purchase
Credit line Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1992
Inscriptions [Signature] Feng; [Seal] Three seals of the artist; [Seal] one collector's seal
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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