Recluse playing the zither in a pine grove

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Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
Date: ca. 1540
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 137 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (349.3 x 102.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 193 1/2 x 50 3/8 in. (491.5 x 128 cm) Overall with knobs: 193 1/2 x 55 7/8 in. (491.5 x 141.9 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
Accession no.: 1982.1.6

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.