  About the Artwork
  
  
  During Wang Wen's years as a scholarly official in the provincial capital of Nanjing, he was influenced by the works of professional painters at court. After retirement Wang painted the view from his pavilion atop Paradise Mountain at the confluence of tributaries to Lake Tai in Zhejiang Province. Although the brushwork and composition are akin to scholarly painting, the unpretentious subject and playful execution are in keeping with professional painting.
  
  
  Title
  View from the Keyin Pavilion on Paradise (Baojie) Mountain
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1562
  
  Artist
  Wang Wen
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1497-1576
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Chinese
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Ink on silk
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 16 inches × 31 feet 6 3/4 inches (40.6 cm × 9 m 62 cm)
  Image: 15 1/2 inches × 19 feet 4 inches (39.4 cm × 5 m 89.3 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  Asian Art
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher by exchange
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1993.51
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
