# 16th-century China

Time and place · hang 749 · 8 works

Works made in China in the 16th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-artist-s-great-granduncle-yizhai-at-the-age-met-36081), Ruan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/portrait-of-the-artist-s-great-granduncle-yizhai-at-the-age-met-36081?hang=749)
2. [Portrait of an Official](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750), Gu Jianlong, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750?hang=749)
3. [Red Friend](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/red-friend-met-39713), Lan Ying, 17th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/red-friend-met-39713?hang=749)
4. [Eighteen Views of Huzhou](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/eighteen-views-of-huzhou-cma-160723), Song Xu, c. 1588. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/eighteen-views-of-huzhou-cma-160723?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Living Aloft](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/living-aloft-met-39536), Wen Zhengming, 1543. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/living-aloft-met-39536?hang=749)
6. [Portrait of the wife of Yizhai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-wife-of-yizhai-met-36082), Ruan Zude, datable to 1561 or 1620. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/portrait-of-the-wife-of-yizhai-met-36082?hang=749)
7. [Xintang (Immortal's Peak)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/xintang-immortal-s-peak-cma-160724), Song Xu, c. 1588. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/xintang-immortal-s-peak-cma-160724?hang=749)
8. [Mt. Shenchang](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mt-shenchang-cma-160725), Song Xu, c. 1588. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-china/mt-shenchang-cma-160725?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Song Xu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/song-xu?hang=749&via=continue) (3 works)
- [More Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/chinese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)