Wild Geese
painter
Yu Da of Shixi
(active 1459 or 1519)
Date1459 (or 1519)
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumInk and color on silk; mounted on a Japanese hanging scroll
Dimensions127 x 58 cm (50 x 22 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP29w5
eMuseum ID719074
EmbARK ObjectID11862
TMS Source ID1021
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryAccording to its calligraphic inscription, this painting was created by an individual named Yu Da. The painting depicts a group of geese who have gathered on a moonlit river bank. This painting may be by a Chinese painter, but it is mounted as a hanging scroll in the Japanese style. Isabella Stewart Gardner collected East Asian paintings, including hanging scrolls and folding screens, and several of these works are displayed near the museum stairways and elevator.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 260. (as by Yutatsu of Chikei, middle Ming Dynasty, 1459 or 1519; "in the opinion of Okakura-Kakuzo the earlier date is...correct")
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 27-28, no. 8. (as Chinese, Yü Ta of Shih-hsi, 1459 or 1519)
Gabrielle Niu and Holly Salmon, "Making Reproductions of Two Hanging Scroll Paintings at the Gardner Museum," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 January 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/making-reproductions-two-hanging-scroll-paintings-gardner-museum
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 27-28, no. 8. (as Chinese, Yü Ta of Shih-hsi, 1459 or 1519)
Gabrielle Niu and Holly Salmon, "Making Reproductions of Two Hanging Scroll Paintings at the Gardner Museum," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 January 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/making-reproductions-two-hanging-scroll-paintings-gardner-museum
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (left edge, in Chinese characters): 己卯小春寫於/ 黃華精舎/史溪俞達 ["Painted during the 'xiaochun' [10th month of the lunar year] of the 'jimao' year [the sixteenth year in Chinese 60-year cyclical calendar; refers to either 1459 or 1519] at the Huanghua Monastery, [by] Yu Da of Shixi."]
Stamped in red ink (left edge, below the inscription): 俞達之印 ["The seal of Yu Da"]
Seal (left edge, below the above): 觀水 ["Observing/ Meditating on Water"]
Stamped in red ink (left edge, below the inscription): 俞達之印 ["The seal of Yu Da"]
Seal (left edge, below the above): 觀水 ["Observing/ Meditating on Water"]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 24 May 1904.
