# Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat

- By: Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640)
- Date: 1633
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 176.4 x 101 cm (69 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 290 x 121.3 cm (114 3/16 x 47 3/4 in.)
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Credit line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.19)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1971.19/1971.19_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)

Little is known about Tao Hong who settled in Nanking in the latter part of his life. His son was a friend of the leading Nanjing school artist Gong Xian (on display nearby). When the Ming dynasty collapsed in 1644, Tao joined the loyalist resistance in Yunnan province. By 1645 the Manchu invaders had defeated the Yunnanese forces, prompting Tao to flee to Burma, where he died shortly thereafter. Only five of Tao Hong’s works are known to exist, of which this painting is the largest.