Viewing the Moon in an Empty Room

Gu Luo Chinese

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A gentleman and his young son sit in an open hall, viewing the moon through banks of mist. The artist’s inscription indicates that the scene was inspired by a poem of mourning, in which the empty room and the moon evoke the loss of a loved one.

Viewing the Moon in an Empty Room, Gu Luo (Chinese, 1763–after 1837), Album leaf; ink and color on paper, China

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