明/清 佚名 舊傳董源 山水圖 卷|Landscape
17th century
Medium
Handscroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
15 3/8 in. × 23 ft. 6 1/2 in. (39.1 × 717.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming (1368–1644) or Qing (1644–1911) dynasty
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.100.28
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite handscroll, titled *Landscape* (Shanshui tu juan), is a masterful ink painting on silk from the 17th century, during China's Ming (1368–1644) or Qing (1644–1911) dynasty. Measuring a modest 15⅜ inches in height but an impressive 23 feet 6½ inches in length, it exemplifies the traditional Chinese handscroll format, designed for intimate, sequential viewing—unrolled gradually across a table to reveal unfolding vistas of mist-shrouded mountains, winding rivers, and thatched pavilions. Long attributed to the legendary 10th-century artist Dong Yuan, a pioneer of monumental ink landsc...