Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Jesus Standing at Door Knocking

Artist Lu Hongnian (Chinese, c.1914 - 1989)

Datefirst half of 20th c

Made/manufacturedChina

Mediumbook with ink and color painting along book edges

Dimensions9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in. (24.9 × 15.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2017.3.3

Collections

ASIAN

DescriptionA volume on the Spring and Autumn Classics and Notes by Du Yu decorated with a four-edge painting. The single printed volume from the Ming Jiajing period publication Chun Qiu Jing Zhuan Ji Jie, with a four-edge painting of "Jesus Standing at Door Knocking", the painting rendered in Chinese style in ink and color, at the lower right signed Hongnian with one artist's seal reading Lu, with a decorative cloth case.