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Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Landscape with Two Boatmen)

Zeng Yandong , 1822

Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Landscape with Two Boatmen), by Zeng Yandong, unspecified, 1822
Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Landscape with Two Boatmen), by Zeng Yandong, unspecified, 1822

Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Landscape with Two Boatmen) is an unspecified painting by the Qing dynasty painting artist Zeng Yandong. It dates from 1822 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

About this work

Overview

Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Landscape with Two Boatmen) is a small landscape painting created by Zeng Yandong in 1822. It is part of a collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Subject & Meaning

The painting depicts a serene winter landscape with bare trees and a distant building. Two figures in boats occupy the lower right corner, subtly introducing a human element to the otherwise empty scene.

Technique & Style

Executed in ink, the work features simple yet evocative brushstrokes. The composition is characterized by a sense of quiet contemplation, with the figures almost imperceptibly integrated into the landscape.

Artist & collection

Artist

Zeng Yandong

Zeng Yandong (1751–1827) was a Chinese artist.

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