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Landscape

Cheng Tinglu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape by Cheng Tinglu. A painting of a mountain landscape with trees and mist. The painting is on beige paper. In the foreground, there are several trees with green leaves and branches, some with long, drooping branches. In the background, there are mountains with rugged peaks. The mountains are painted in shades of gray and brown. There is mist or fog covering part of the mountains and the valley below. The mist is white and hazy. There are also several lines of Chinese calligraphy in the top-left corner of the painting, written in black ink. There are two red seals, one in the top-left corner and one in the bottom-left corner. The painting is framed by a thin white border.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1827
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 436 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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