# Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings

**Zhang Ruoai** (Chinese, 1713–1746)  
1700s  
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper  
Overall: 14.4 x 20.3 cm (5 11/16 x 8 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.193. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.193).

## About this work

Zhang Ruoai painted this in the 1700s. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Album leaf.** A page from an album, meant to be held and looked at closely, one opening at a time.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Zhang Ruoai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/zhang-ruoai)

Chinese, 1713–1746

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Real size: about 5½ × 8 in (14 × 20 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/668.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/668/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/desk-album-flower-and-bird-paintings-cma-143238).