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Snowscape, leaf from Album for Zhou Lianggong

Ye Xin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a snowy landscape with a large rock formation. A house with a tiled roof sits at the base of the rock. Trees line the right side, while bare trees and a body of water are on the left. Mountains are in the background under a gray sky. Chinese characters are in the top left and red stamps are in the bottom corners. The title is "Snowscape" and the artist is Ye Xin.

Artwork Details

Date
datable to 1645–55
Medium
Double album leaf from a collective album of twelve paintings and facing pages of calligraphy; ink and color on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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