清 胡璋 山水 軸|Landscape
dated 1887
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
56 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (143.5 x 37.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Accession Number
1986.267.63
Art Historical Context
This exquisite hanging scroll, titled *Landscape* (山水軸) by Hu Zhang, dates to 1887 during the late Qing dynasty (16441911). Crafted in ink and color on paper, it measures an impressive 56½ x 14⅝ inches, designed to unroll dramatically for intimate viewing in a scholar's studio or grand hall. As a quintessential *shanshui* (mountain-and-water) painting, it captures the timeless Chinese reverence for nature's majestic harmony, where towering peaks, misty valleys, and flowing rivers evoke a sense of infinite space and poetic tranquility. Hu Zhang, working in the waning years of imperial China, e...