Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape

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Artist: Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652)
Date: 1633
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 92 3/4 x 30 5/8 in. (235.6 x 77.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 126 5/8 x 34 5/8 in. (321.6 x 87.9 cm) Overall with rollers: 126 5/8 x 37 5/8 in. (321.6 x 95.6 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, 1972
Accession no.: 1972.278.1

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Chen Hongshou
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Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009399
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Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009443
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Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009522
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1598–1652 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009523

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