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Dwellings of the Immortals Amid Streams and Mountains

Wen Boren

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vertical, rectangular painting on a beige background with a black border. The painting depicts a mountainous landscape with a large rock formation on the left side. The rock formation consists of multiple layers of rock stacked on top of each other. There are trees and bushes in the foreground and background, with some red accents. In the background, there are more mountains and a hazy sky. There are Chinese characters written vertically on the top right side of the painting and two small red stamps, one in the bottom-left corner and one in the bottom-right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1531
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
274 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
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