# The Pine Retreat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

- By: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
- Date: after 1490
- Medium: Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 31.3 x 40.9 cm (12 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.371.3)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.371.3/1964.371.3_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Views of Tiger Hill depicts a historic site a few miles northwest of Suzhou. The scenes simulate a visit from arriving by boat at the foot of the mountain to climbing to Cloudy Cliff Monastery. Representations of the artist’s mature style, Shen Zhou included views in subtle colors in the suite of monochrome scenes.

A Suzhou native, Shen Zhou was supported by family wealth and rejected an official career in favor of life as a retired scholar. Turning to painting in midlife, he is regarded as the founder of the Wu School of painting, with its center in Suzhou.