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A Pastoral Scene
1271–1368(?)
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20.2 x 18.8 cm (7 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) ?
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Landscapes painted in blue and green mineral pigments often allude to the past or to paradise. Here the color may suggest that surrounded by nature, the figure can escape the hassles of the chaotic world.
