清 吳滔 園林圖 冊頁|Garden scene
ｄａｔｅｄ 1867
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 20 15/16 × 20 15/16 in. (53.2 × 53.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Carin and Michael Cunningham, in memory of Harrie A. Vanderstappen, 2017
Accession Number
2017.724
Art Historical Context
This delicate album leaf, titled *Garden Scene* by Wu Tao and dated 1867, the serene beauty of a traditional Chinese garden during the Qing dynasty (164–1911). Rendered in ink and color on paper the painting measures 13 × 11 inches and is part of an intimate album format, prized by scholars and collectors for private contemplation. Wu Tao, a lesser-known yet skilled artist of the late imperial era, evokes the refined elegance of literati gardens—those manicured retreats symbolizing harmony between nature and human cultivation. In Qing China, garden imagery held deep cultural resonance, reflec...
About the Artist
Wu Tao · 1840–1895
Chinese, 1840–1895