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Landscape with fisherman

Qi Zhijia

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Semi-circular fan-shaped artwork on brown paper. A landscape scene with a large tree with sparse leaves on the left and a small boat on the right. A person in the boat appears to be fishing. A smaller tree to the left of the boat. Darker ink used for the tree, boat, and person. Lighter shades of brown and gray for the background. A red seal stamp in the lower right corner. Black writing to the right of the seal. The background of the artwork is off-white.

Artwork details

Date:
1643
Medium:
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 279 px
Museum record:
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