Riding in Springtime Mountains

From the museum

In this scene, a rider makes his way along a riverside path in a mountain valley, two attendants on foot behind him. Around the corner, partially visible through the pines and spring plum buds, is a footbridge leading to a compound at the base of the tall peaks. There, someone has come to the gate to greet a visitor. Images like this one are set in China and take Chinese paintings and woodblock-printed painting manuals as their models. They evoke the ideal of the scholar in nature.

The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0