Scholar under trees gazing into the distance, Ming hanging scroll

A hanging scroll mounted in pale green brocade shows an ink landscape on brown silk, with a craggy mountain rising at upper left above clustered trees. A small robed figure sits among the trees at lower left, gazing toward open space, while the distant ground fades into the silk.

Artist

Style of Jiang Song (active late 15th-early 16th century)

Date

16th century

Medium

Ink on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1441 × 4000 px

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