Garden of the Inept Administrator

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Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
Date: 1551
Medium: Album of eight leaves; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (26.4 × 27.3 cm) Image with mounting: 15 3/8 × 16 3/4 in. (39.1 × 42.5 cm) Double leaf unfolded: 15 3/8 × 33 1/2 in. (39.1 × 85.1 cm) Mat: 18 5/16 × 34 in. (46.5 × 86.4 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1979
Accession no.: 1979.458.1a–ii

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.