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Mountains after Rain

Wang Hui

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a fan-shaped artwork titled "Mountains after Rain" by Wang Hui. The artwork is a landscape drawing on a beige background. The fan shape is oriented horizontally. The drawing features mountains, trees, and a building on top of a mountain. The mountains are drawn in shades of gray with some blue. There are trees on the lower right side of the mountains. The mountains on the right are drawn in lighter shades. There are four red stamps, one at each corner of the fan. There are lines of black Chinese calligraphy on the upper left section of the artwork. The background behind the fan is plain beige.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1695
Medium
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 292 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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