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Autumn Landscape, leaf from Album for Zhou Lianggong

Xiang Shengmo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a landscape painting titled "Autumn Landscape" by Xiang Shengmo. The painting features a landscape with a body of water in the background and mountains in the distance. In the foreground, there are trees on a hillside, with one tree having red, yellow, and blue leaves, and another tree to its right with red leaves. The sky above is light beige with no clouds visible. The painting has a beige background with black and red Chinese calligraphy and seals throughout. The calligraphy and seals are located on the top and left side of the painting. The overall color palette is muted, with earthy tones dominating the scene. There are no people or animals depicted in the painting. The composition is serene, with the hillside and trees in the foreground leading the viewer's eye to the distant mountains. The painting appears to be done on a traditional Asian-style paper.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1654
Medium
Leaf from a collective album of many leaves; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 451 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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