Landscapes
Medium
Eight album leaves mounted as a handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image (All leaves): 12 3/4 x 162 7/8 in. (32.4 x 413.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 13 1/16 x 306 5/16 in. (33.2 x 778 cm) Image (Leaf 1): 12 3/4 x 17 in. (32.4 x 43.2 cm) Image (Leaf 2): 12 3/4 x 17 in. (32.4 x 43.2 cm) Image (Leaf 3): 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (32.4 x 42.9 cm) Image (Leaf 4): 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (32.4 x 42.5 cm) Image (Leaf 5): 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (32.4 x 42.9 cm) Image (Leaf 6): 12 3/4 x 16 13/16 in. (32.4 x 42.7 cm) Image (Leaf 7): 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (32.4 x 42.9 cm) Image (Leaf 8): 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (32.4 x 42.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1980
Accession Number
1980.81
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About the Artist
Tang Yin · 1470–1524
Talented painter whose career as an official painter was ruined by an examination scandal in 1499. Around 1500 he began to study painting with Zhou chen. He was ultimately considered one of the Four Masters of the Ming, along with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying.