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Landscape Painted on the Double Ninth Festival

Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with mountains and fog. A river runs through the bottom third with a tan-colored bank. A house sits on a hillside. Trees are scattered around. The background shows large mountains and fog. The painting is mostly gray tones, with some red markings. There are two columns of Chinese writing at the top. The writing is black. There are four red seals, two on the left and right bottom corners and two to the right of the columns. The painting is on a white background. The entire painting is on a white border.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1705
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
430 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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