Living Aloft

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Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
Date: 1543
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 37 1/2 x 18 in. (95.3 x 45.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (208.6 x 64.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (208.6 x 75.2 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Wen C. Fong, 2015
Accession no.: 2017.327.2

Snowy Landscape
Wen Zhengming
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644);1470–1559 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000870
Autumn Mountains 秋山圖
Wen Zhengming
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), early 16th century 明朝 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001135
Old Pine Tree
Wen Zhengming
late 1530s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009672
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
Wen Zhengming
1551 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009768

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.