# The Autumn Hunt

- By: Chen Juzhong (Chinese, active c. 1201–1207)
- Date: c. 1201–4
- Medium: album leaf, ink and color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 24.4 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
- Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- Credit line: Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.314)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1930.314/1930.314_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Equestrian pursuits and hunting were particularly popular among the Khitan (also spelled “Qidan”) and Jurchen, ethnic groups who lived along China’s northeastern border. Their nomadic lifestyle intrigued the Chinese court and inspired Chinese artists to develop a painting genre of foreign people hunting.