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Landscape

Wen Boren

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape by Wen Boren shows a long, horizontal Chinese-style painting on aged paper with a light-brown background. The painting depicts rolling hills and mountains. The mountains are drawn with darker shades towards the background. In the background, there are lines suggesting distant mountains. The foreground features trees scattered across the landscape and along the bottom right. The trees are depicted with dark ink and varying line styles. The center features a body of water or a path curving through the landscape. Several figures are present in the distance. The painting has a white border with an ornate, swirling pattern around the edges. The pattern resembles a light grey or off-white design on a thin border. The overall composition includes a winding path, a distant mountain range, trees and figures.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1558
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 216 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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