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Living Aloft

Wen Zhengming

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a landscape painting titled "Living Aloft" by Wen Zhengming. The painting features a serene landscape with trees, mountains, and structures. The scene includes a building on a hillside surrounded by trees, with another smaller structure below it. The background shows hazy mountains. The painting has a color palette of muted browns, tans, and grays. The artwork includes a column of Chinese characters in the top-left corner and two small red seals, one in the bottom-left corner and one in the top-left corner. The painting is presented on a white background with a thick off-white border.

Artwork Details

Date
1543
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
405 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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