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Joint Landscape

Shen Zhou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape scene. A large rocky cliff dominates the left side. The cliff is gray with darker shading. Black dots representing foliage are scattered on the cliff and a smaller cliff to the left. Two people and a child stand on a path in the foreground. The people are wearing traditional clothing. A tree line borders the right side. The trees are tall and thin with sparse foliage. The background shows a distant landscape with hills and trees. The painting is done in shades of gray and black on a beige background and has a thin orange border. Two small red stamps are on the bottom left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1509 and 1546
Medium:
Handscroll; ink on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 334 px
Museum record:
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