# Living Aloft

**Wen Zhengming** (Chinese, 1470–1559)  
1543  
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper  
Image: 37 1/2 x 18 in. (95.3 x 45.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (208.6 x 64.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (208.6 x 75.2 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017.327.2. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39536).

## About this work

Wen Zhengming painted this in 1543, aged 73. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Hanging scroll.** A painting mounted on silk with a wooden roller at the foot. It was rolled up for storage and brought out to hang for a season, a guest or an occasion.
- **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.

### [Wen Zhengming](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/wen-zhengming)

Chinese, 1470–1559

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Culture: China
- The artist was 73
- Real size: about 38 × 18 in (95 × 46 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Landscapes, Trees, Pavilions
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/893.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/893/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

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/living-aloft-met-39536).