Westlake Panorama

A wide lake panorama printed in ink, with a pavilion and willow trees in the foreground, boats gliding across the water, and low pavilions and temples on the far shore beneath layered hills. Fine horizontal ripple lines suggest the water, and the composition opens out from the viewer's position on a sheltered terrace.

Look closer: Two small figures stand on the far shore near the center-right, and a tiny waterside pavilion sits on the right bank.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1700s

Medium

One of four woodblock prints; ink on paper; printed with three woodblocks in shades of black

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2205 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund