Summer retreat in the eastern grove

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Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
Date: calligraphy datable to 1512
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image (painting): 12 1/2 × 42 1/2 in. (31.8 × 108 cm) Image (colophon): 12 1/2 × 38 3/8 in. (31.8 × 97.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 13 in. × 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. (33 × 298.5 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession no.: 1989.363.60

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.