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Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu

Ni Zan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Chinese landscape painting titled "Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu" by Ni Zan. The painting features two distinct landscape scenes vertically arranged. The top scene shows a mountain range on the left side with a body of water in front and a smaller mountain range in the background on the right. The bottom scene features a cluster of four trees on a rocky outcrop with a body of water and distant mountains in the background. The painting includes calligraphy and red seals on a beige background with a black border. The calligraphy appears in the top right corner and along the left edge, while the red seals are positioned in each corner and along the left edge. The painting's color palette is predominantly monochromatic with shades of gray and beige, accented with red from the seals.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1372
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
344 × 623 px
Museum record:
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