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Song of the Lute

Ding Yunpeng

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Song of the Lute by Ding Yunpeng. A painting depicting a serene scene. The artwork features trees with brown trunks, green foliage, and red flowers on the lower branches. A river winds through the scene from the left to a background mountain range. A man with a white beard rides a white horse through the trees. Two boats with people on them and a covered boat with a woman appear on the river. A man in a red robe sits on a covered boat facing a woman in a white robe on the other boat. The entire image has a beige background.

Artwork Details

Date
1585
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 474 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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