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Find the scholar seated by the stream among the tall bamboo, then the empty thatched pavilion at the left and the distant hills across the water.
Wang Hui loved one landscape by Wang Meng so much that he copied it several times between 1686 and 1712; this version is dated 1694. He copied Wang Meng’s inscription too, in which Wang Meng said he was reviving the 11th-century painter Wen Tong, so the copy reaches back through two masters. Among Wang Hui’s changes, the scholar has left the pavilion to sit in the open by the stream.
Hanging scroll; ink on paper · Painting: 79.6 x 39.4 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Chinese painting: Qing
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- Museum title
- Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng
- Artist
- Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717)
- Date
- 1694
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 79.6 x 39.4 cm (31 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 215.8 x 61.6 cm (84 15/16 x 24 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1632–1717
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.