# A Scholar's Retreat amid Autumn Trees

- By: Wang Fu (Chinese, 1362–1416)
- Date: c. 1403
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 58.1 x 26.8 cm (22 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 180 x 47 cm (70 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.98)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.98/1997.98_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)

Wang Fu painted this going-away present and 3 friends added poems wishing the best for their departing friend Gongyi.