Untitled
The Met
Artist: Shen Zhou(Chinese, 1427–1509)
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 60 5/8 x 23 3/4 in. (154.0 x 60.3 cm)
Credit Line: The C. C. Wang Family Collection, Gift of C. C. Wang, 1968
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Ink and color landscape painting depicting mountains, pine trees, rocky terrain, and inscriptions
Detailed Description
The painting is a horizontal landscape, primarily in shades of gray, black, and muted greens, with touches of light blue and reddish-brown. Overlapping mountains and large rock formations dominate the composition, filling most of the frame. In the foreground and midground, numerous trees are depicted. Several prominent pine trees with gnarled, dark brown trunks and dense, dark green needle clusters are scattered across the rocky slopes. Their branches extend horizontally, appearing to recede. Smaller, bare deciduous trees with reddish-brown leaves are visible on the left side, alongside slender, upright trees with sparse green foliage. The mountains in the background are rendered with lighter washes of gray and faint blue, appearing to recede into the distance. The rocky terrain in the foreground and midground is detailed with darker ink strokes, showing texture and shadow, and dotted with small, dark green shrubs. Calligraphic inscriptions in black ink are present in the upper right and upper left corners, accompanied by red seal marks. The inscription in the upper right reads vertically: "沈周". A square red seal is below this inscription. Additional red seals are visible in the lower left, lower right, and upper left corners. The environment appears dense and layered.
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