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Wang Hui

1632

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Wang Hui was a Chinese landscape painter, one of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in China throughout the late Ming and early Qing periods. Of the Four Wangs, Wang Hui is considered the best-known today.

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Artworks (12)

Portrait of An Qi

1715 · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 122 x 53.6 cm (48 1/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Overall: 259.7 x 80.1 cm (102 1/4 x 31 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape in the Style of Juran and Yan Wengui

1713 · Handscroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 12 1/4 x 158 3/8 in. (31.1 x 402.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 12 7/8 x 359 1/8 in. (32.7 x 912.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hall of Lofty Pines

1703 · handscroll; ink and color on paper

Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape in the Style of Li Gonglin

1702 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 46 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (118.7 x 56.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 100 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (255.3 x 75.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 100 1/2 x 33 3/4 in. (255.3 x 85.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

1698 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 26 3/4 in. x 45 ft. 8 3/4 in. (67.9 x 1393.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountains after Rain

1695 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

6 7/16 x 19 3/8 in. (16.4 x 49.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng

1694 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Painting: 79.6 x 39.4 cm (31 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 215.8 x 61.6 cm (84 15/16 x 24 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Colors of Mount Taihang

1669 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 10 x 82 1/2 in. (25.3 x 209.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 11 3/4 x 348 in. (29.8 x 883.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clearing after Rain over Streams and Mountains

1662 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 44 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (114 × 45.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 24 1/4 in. (262.9 × 61.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 8 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 27 1/2 in. (262.9 × 69.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape

1632 · hanging scroll, color on silk

Overall: 200.9 x 99.2 cm (79 1/8 x 39 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖

1632 · Handscroll; ink on paper

25.8 × 459.8 cm (10 1/8 × 181 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1600 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 33 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (85.7 x 43.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 101 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (257.8 x 62.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 104 x 24 1/2 in. (264.2 x 62.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Landscape
1632 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng
1694 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait of An Qi
1715 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Hall of Lofty Pines
1703 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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