The Thatched Hut of Dreaming of an Immortal

Object Details

• Artist

  Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1524)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Painting with Words: Gentlemen Artists of the Ming Dynasty (April 16 to July 24, 2016)

  Chinese Gardens in Painters Imagination (February 1, 1997 to January 4, 1998)

  Chinese Gardens in the Painter's Imagination (January 13, 1997 to January 5, 1998)

  Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

  On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

  Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

  Chinese Calligraphy (May 9, 1980 to November 14, 1980)

  Chinese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1530s

• Name

  Tang, Yin

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Daoist Immortals, Landscapes, Art, Sleeping, Daoism, Chinese Art, Dreaming, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings