# Clouds over the River before Rain 溪雲欲雨圖

- By: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427-1509)
- Date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1504
- Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 34.8 × 810.3 cm (13 3/4 × 319 in.)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13455)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/591b86ab-c0a9-77f7-c4bf-a330498b9c02/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)