Geese Returning Home

Description

In this hanging scroll, wild geese are portrayed engaging in different activities: descending to a marsh, gathering in flocks, grazing on plants, and dipping their heads under the water. In Korean paintings, images of geese serve as the symbol of seasonal change because they migrate from northern areas such as Siberia to stay in the Korean Peninsula during the late fall and winter.

Provenance

(Leighton R. Longhi Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1993); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1993-)

Geese Returning Home

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1600s

Accession Number

1993.159

Medium

hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); Painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund