Woman lost in thought beneath a wutong tree

A hanging scroll in ink and light color on paper shows a seated woman in a loose robe leaning on a wooden railing beneath a tall, gnarled wutong tree. A pale moon glows in the misty sky, and her head is tilted as if lost in thought. Inscriptions and a red seal appear at the upper left.

Look closer: Inscription columns and a red seal beside the tree trunk at the upper left.

Artist

Sha Fu

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2058 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jane DeBevoise and the Calello Family, 2024