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Wen Zhengming

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Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Wen Zhengming, born Wen Bi (文璧), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty. He was regarded as one of the Four Masters of Ming painting.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

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

Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature

1544 · Handscroll; ink on paper

Image: 9 1/16 x 46 3/8 in. (23 x 117.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 9 5/16 x 288 1/16 in. (23.7 x 731.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Poem on Strolling in the Moonlight

1543 · Album of thirty-two pages; ink on paper

H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); W. 10 3/9 in. (26.2 cm) Album: H. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); W. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

The Metropolitan 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

Recluse playing the zither in a pine grove

1530 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 137 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (349.3 x 102.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 193 1/2 x 50 3/8 in. (491.5 x 128 cm) Overall with knobs: 193 1/2 x 55 7/8 in. (491.5 x 141.9 cm)

The Metropolitan 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

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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5 entries · 1 sources

Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
1551 · 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 Pine Tree
1535 · 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
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

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