Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters

A rocky promontory rises at lower right, crowded with leafless shrubs and two windswept pines, one with a tiny seated figure beneath. A broad, pale river stretches to hazy blue-gray hills, where a small sailboat drifts. Ink and pale color on paper, with calligraphic inscription and red seals at left and lower right.

Look closer: A tiny seated figure beneath the pine on the rocky outcrop.

Artist

Mei Qing

Date

1690

Medium

album leaf: ink and color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2255 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund