# Discourse on Painting

- By: Fa Ruozhen (Chinese, 1613–1696)
- Date: dated 1667
- Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 144 1/2 in. (31.1 x 367 cm)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49129)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/as/web-large/DT273586_crd.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)