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Old Trees by a Wintry Brook

Wen Zhengming

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a wintry scene with a brook and old trees. The artwork features a vertical composition on a beige background. Two large, old, bare trees with twisted trunks and branches are in the foreground. One tree has some dark green leaves or foliage. A winding path or brook runs through the scene from the bottom left to the center. The landscape includes rocks and hills. There are several lines of Chinese calligraphy on the left side. Two red seals or stamps are present, one near the top left and one at the bottom right. The overall color palette is subdued, with shades of beige, gray, and black, and touches of red and green.

Artwork Details

Dimensions
364 × 893 px
Museum Record
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