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Snow Clearing: Landscape after Li Cheng

Wang Hui

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular painting on beige background. Gray and white landscape with snow-covered mountains. Large snow-covered mountain peak in background. Smaller snow-covered mountains and trees in foreground. Body of water in lower right. Black vertical lines on left and right side. Vertical black and red writing on upper left. Two red seals, one on lower right and one on upper left. Gray sky. Snow covering trees and ground. Bare tree branches.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1669
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
302 × 624 px
Museum record:
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