The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the Moonlight

A robed figure with a staff walks along a misty ridge beside a gnarled, blossoming plum branch that stretches across the upper right. Rocks and dark ink-washed mountains fade into pale mist, and a column of calligraphy with red seals sits at upper left. The scene is rendered in restrained ink and light color on paper.

Look closer: Red seal stamps beside the calligraphy column at upper left.

Artist

Du Jin

Date

late 1400s

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

1605 × 3400 px

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