A Chinese landscape painting, signed Wen Zhengming (1470-1559),
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but later. Color and ink on silk laid on panel. Two seals in red. With calligraphy. Sholou is walking with his deer and an attendant though a landscape with misty mountains and waterfalls. Measurment with frame 70-156 cm
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Wen Zhengming (1470–1559) was a leading Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar. Wen Zhengming is regarded as one of the “Four Masters of Ming” (明四家), which also include Shen Zhou (沈周), Tang Yin (唐寅), and Qiu Ying (仇英). The longest living of the four and attracting many students, Wen Zhengming had sons who followed his footsteps and many disciples as well. Consequently, he had a great impact on painting and calligraphy of the middle and late Ming dynasty and became known along with Shen Zhou as a leader of the Wu School.