Axial Commons Image Treasury
Chinese silk painting of a misty river with a pavilion over water at right, a rocky cliff at left, and two small robed figures walking on a path.

Scholar arriving at a riverside pavilion

Ink and color on silk shows a misty river landscape with a two-story pavilion on pillars over the water at right and a rocky cliff at upper left. Two tiny robed figures walk along a path in the lower left, beneath pine and tree branches, while distant hills fade into pale haze.

Artist
Follower of Shi Rui 石銳 (ca. 1426-1470)
Date
15th century
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
2059 × 2560 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1500).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Erudito llegando a un pabellón junto al río

Tinta y color sobre seda muestra un paisaje fluvial brumoso con un pabellón de dos pisos sobre pilares, sobre el agua a la derecha, y un acantilado rocoso en la parte superior izquierda. Dos pequeñas figuras con túnicas caminan por un sendero en la parte inferior izquierda, entre pinos y ramas, mientras las colinas lejanas se desvanecen en una neblina pálida.

Português: Erudito chegando a um pavilhão à beira do rio

Tinta e cor sobre seda mostra uma paisagem fluvial enevoada, com um pavilhão de dois andares sobre pilares, em cima da água à direita, e um penhasco rochoso no alto à esquerda. Duas pequenas figuras de túnica caminham por uma trilha no canto inferior esquerdo, entre pinheiros e galhos, enquanto as colinas distantes se dissolvem em névoa clara.

More from Philosophers and Sages

Brown ink drawing: a helmeted warrior in a cape stands with soldiers at left, while a nude bearded man reclines among books and a lamp under trees at right.Alexander the Great and DiogenesTwo-panel folding screen with four fan-shaped ink paintings of mountains, trees and a house on a silvery gold-flecked ground.Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "LandsHanging scroll with an ink landscape on brown silk: a craggy mountain at upper left, clustered trees, and a small seated figure among them at lower left.A scholar under trees looking into the distanceProfile engraving of a man with curled powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, facing right in a circular vignette, with the inscription Doctr. James Stuart 1802.James StuartHanging scroll of a rocky mountain, a leaning pine and a tiled pavilion with small seated figures, in ink and color on silk.Three scholars in a pavilion composing poetryPainting on silk of a robed elderly scholar seated beside a qin zither, with a green-clad attendant at left and scrolls and objects on the table.Old scholar playing the qin