Winter Landscape, Painting

Unknown artist

Qing Dynasty

Paper; Painted

Penn Museum

A traditional ink wash painting depicts a serene winter landscape with snow-covered trees and mountains. Several small dwellings are nestled in the valley, with figures visible inside and a boat on the water. A traditional ink wash painting depicts a serene winter landscape with snow-covered trees and mountains. Several small dwellings are nestled in the valley, with figures visible inside and a boat on the water. Winter Landscape. Artist unknown. Great rocks of strange form tower above a snow covered valley, and below, on the edge of a lake, may be seen a group of pavilions built on piles in the shallow water. The snow lies heavy on their roofs. Two fisherman have drawn near in their boat and are offering their catch to a philosopher who stands in one of the pavilions. In the foreground an old pine tree spreads its snowy branches above