# Composing Poetry in the Hall of the Luxuriant Cypress

- By: Pan Gongshou
- Date: 1781
- Medium: paper, ink
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: diameter 41 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-RAK-1990-14--ca0de3cb7e774564b8f6efa27f552f07)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/vHyFb/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is a typical ‘landscape of the study’ (shuzai shanshui). In that genre, scholars are depicted in their study in the midst of nature. This painting was made for Ye Tang, a famous actor at the Chinese opera in the late 18th century. His study was called the ‘Hall of the Luxuriant Cypress’. Ye Tang is depicted as a poet, alone in his study.