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Recluse playing the zither in a pine grove, ca. 1540. Hanging scroll; ink on paper.
Hanging scroll; ink on paper · Image: 137 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (349.3 x 102.9 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Recluse playing the zither in a pine grove
- Artist
- Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
- Date
- ca. 1540
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 137 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (349.3 x 102.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 193 1/2 x 50 3/8 in. (491.5 x 128 cm) Overall with knobs: 193 1/2 x 55 7/8 in. (491.5 x 141.9 cm)
- Credit line
- Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1470–1559
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.