Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains

Shen Zhou, ca. 1490–1500

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Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains, ca. 1490–1500. Handscroll; ink on paper.

Handscroll; ink on paper · Image: 8 1/8 in. x 21 ft. 1/4 in. (20.6 x 640.7 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains
Artist: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
Date: ca. 1490–1500
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 1/8 in. x 21 ft. 1/4 in. (20.6 x 640.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 10 1/4 in. x 36 ft. 4 1/4 in. (26 x 1108.1 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1979
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1427–1509

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.