Ma Shouzhen
Ma Shouzhen was a painter, poet, composer and changji (1548–1604). She was born at Nanjing.
Also recorded as Xianglanzi; Yuejiao; Ma Xianglan.
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Identity
What the record establishes about Ma Shouzhen.
Orchid and Rock is dated 1572 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.1.7). Orchid is dated 1604 and held by Yale University Art Gallery (inventory 1989.9.1). Yale University Art Gallery records 1 object associated with this heading. Metropolitan Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Ma Shouzhen is recorded as painter, poet, composer and changji. Ma Shouzhen is recorded with the citizenship of Ming dynasty.
VIAF establishes this heading under the identifier 317037894.
Catalogued works
2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1572 to 1604.
Orchid, dated 1604, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1989.9.1. Orchid and Rock, dated 1572, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1982.1.7.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
Yale University Art Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
LIFE OF A CHINESE COURTESAN: MA SHOUZHEN (1548-1604), Aziatische Kunst, 2008. The Nanjing Courtesan Ma Shouzhen (1548–1604): Gender, Space and Painting in the Late Ming Pleasure Quarter, Gender and the City before Modernity, 2012. Ma Shouzhen 馬守真 (1548–1604), Readings in Chinese Women’s Philosophical and Feminist Thought, 2022.
Digitised editions and texts
3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Wang, Gai (1645 - 1710), Herausgeber; Wang, Shi (1649 - 1734), Herausgeber; Wang, Nie (1750 - 1850 tätig um), Herausgeber), DataCite (University of Alberta Library) and DataCite (Oxford University, UK).
Blühende Orchidee nach Ma Shouzhen (ca. 1548-1604) (1782) — DataCite (Wang, Gai (1645 - 1710), Herausgeber; Wang, Shi (1649 - 1734), Herausgeber; Wang, Nie (1750 - 1850 tätig um), Herausgeber). Mirroring the Wu School: Ma Shouzhen's Orchid Painting (2010) — DataCite (University of Alberta Library). The late Ming courtesan Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604): visual culture, gender and self-fashioning in the Nanjing pleasure quarter (2013) — DataCite (Oxford University, UK).
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 23 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Further recorded particulars
Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Xianglanzi, Yuejiao and Ma Xianglan. Her recorded languages were Classical Chinese and Chinese.
Scholarly footprint. Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
In detail
the recorded working language is Classical Chinese and Chinese.
The field of work recorded is poetry.
Work by Ma Shouzhen is recorded in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum.
Chronology
- 1548Ma Shouzhen born at Nanjing.
- 1572Orchid and Rock is dated 1572 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1982.1.7).
- 1572Orchid and Rock (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1604Ma Shouzhen died.
- 1604Orchid is dated 1604 and held by Yale University Art Gallery (inventory 1989.9.1).
- 1604Orchid (Yale University Art Gallery).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Ma Shouzhen”
Institutional database · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
LIFE OF A CHINESE COURTESAN: MA SHOUZHEN (1548-1604), Aziatische Kunst, 2008
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Ma Shouzhen 馬守真 (1548–1604), Readings in Chinese Women’s Philosophical and Feminist Thought, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
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The Nanjing Courtesan Ma Shouzhen (1548–1604): Gender, Space and Painting in the Late Ming Pleasure Quarter, Gender and the City before Modernity, 2012
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3273465: Ma Shouzhen
Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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VIAF cluster 317037894 for Ma Shouzhen, aggregating national library name authorities.
authority file · Unverified · OCLC
Consult the source - 8.
“Ma Shouzhen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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