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Wen Zhengming

Chinese, 1470–1559

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Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (7)

Old Trees by a Wintry Brook

1551 · hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

Image: 114.3 x 47 cm (45 x 18 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

1548 · hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Overall: 132 x 50.5 cm (51 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Old Pine Tree

1535 · handscroll; ink on paper

Painting: 28 x 139.3 cm (11 x 54 13/16 in.); Overall: 29.3 x 596.9 cm (11 9/16 x 235 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)

1520 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

calligraphy: 343.5 x 93.3 cm (135 1/4 x 36 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 446 x 125 cm (175 9/16 x 49 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Autumn Mountains 秋山圖

1510 · Handscroll; ink on gold-flecked paper

32 × 489 cm (12 9/16 × 192 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Listening to the Bamboo

1500 · hanging scroll, ink on sutra paper

Painting: 94.5 x 30.5 cm (37 3/16 x 12 in.); Overall with knobs: 202 x 55 cm (79 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Snowy Landscape

1470 · Hanging scroll; Ink and light color on paper

129.6 × 40.7 cm (51 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (2)

7 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published5 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)
1520 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Listening to the Bamboo
1500 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley
1548 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
1551 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Old Pine Tree
1535 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Auction sale history

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Auction house

Christie's

20 lots · 2022–2026

Market

Auction History

Range: $40,320 – $26,850,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Poem in Running Script	Christie's	Apr 2026	HK$200,000 – HK$300,000	HK$533,400
Landscape and Calligraphy	Christie's	Apr 2026	$3,200,000 – $6,200,000	Unsold
Scholar on Horseback in Snow	Christie's	Jan 2026	HK$300,000 – HK$600,000	HK$698,500
Withered Tree in Sunset	Christie's	Jan 2026	HK$120,000 – HK$220,000	HK$203,200
Chilled Mountain Streams	Christie's	Oct 2025	$2,000,000 – $3,000,000	Unsold
Village Scene and Calligraphy	Christie's	Oct 2025	HK$1,200,000 – HK$2,000,000	Unsold
Calligraphy in Running Script	Christie's	Oct 2025	$3,000,000 – $4,000,000	Unsold
Banquet on a Snowy Night	Christie's	Oct 2025	$2,000,000 – $3,000,000	Unsold
Poems in Running Script	Christie's	Oct 2025	HK$600,000 – HK$800,000	Unsold
Account of the Old Drunkard’s Pavilion in Running Script	Christie's	Apr 2025	HK$400,000 – HK$600,000	Unsold

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