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Peaks near the Cloud Boat residence

Xuezhuang Chinese
1695
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
Xuezhuang was one of a group of seventeenth-century painters who took special inspiration from the scenery of the Yellow Mountains (Huangshan). A Buddhist monk, the artist spent the last three decades of his life in a simple residence there. He called his home the Cloud Boat, a reference to the sea of clouds that would regularly sweep into the valley below. He painted this view from his bedroom, likely in direct response to the scenery.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清 雪莊 雲舫群峰圖 軸 紙本
  • Title: Peaks near the Cloud Boat residence
  • Artist: Xuezhuang (Chinese, active ca. 1690–after 1718)
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: 1695
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 47 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (121.3 × 49.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
  • Object Number: L.2020.10.14
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art