Landscape with farm buildings and figures
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1909.158
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionChinaChinese ArtMing dynasty (1368 - 1644)farminglandscapepine treerivertemple
About this artwork
Depicts a ferryboat with four passengers and boatman crossing a stream, and a trail bordered by a fence. On the trail are two peasants carrying bundles. As the trail continues, it passes a farm building with one figure in it, pine trees, and pink flowering trees. The trail crosses over a stream on a footbridge and continues up into mountains, where it leads to a temple. Six seals, signature, no inscriptions or labels.