Moonlit terrace
Unidentified
Traditionally attributed to Zhang Keguan Chinese
Not on view
Chinese landscape paintings often depict night scenes, but the signals of darkness can be subtle. In this painting, a gentleman looks out from a low terrace onto a small stream that runs through his garden. Follow his gaze to three red candles at the left of the composition. These, along with the barely visible circle in the sky at upper right, reveal that our protagonist has come to revel in the cool evening breeze and the glimmer of moonlight on the water.
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