# Simple Retreat, in 14th-century China

Wang Meng painted this in about 1370, aged about 52. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1370
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 53 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (136.5 × 44.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 24 3/4 in. (257.2 × 62.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 8 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 28 11/16 in. (257.2 × 72.9 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.526.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Wang Meng](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/wang-meng), Chinese, ca. 1308–1385

1 works in the collection.

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