The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou’s ‘The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou’ is part of the ‘Twelve Views of Tiger Hill’ series. Created after 1490, it is an album leaf in ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper. Ming dynasty, China.

The painting belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art. It is a work from the Ming dynasty, which spanned from 1368 to 1644.

Shen Zhou was active during the Ming dynasty. He was born in 1427 and died in 1509, creating art that reflected the cultural richness of the period.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.371.9

https://oolf.net/open-art/zhou-the-thousand-acres-of-clouds-from-twelve-views-of-tiger-hill/