# Scholar Watching the Waterfall, in 18th-century China

Luo Ping painted this in 1764, aged 31. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> In this hanging scroll, a scholar and his attendant contemplate a waterfall. A light breeze lifts the scholar’s robe and blows the tree leaves, suggesting movement.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1764
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: 125.7 x 56.8 cm (49 1/2 x 22 3/8 in.); Overall: 230.5 x 72.1 cm (90 3/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.95
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Luo Ping](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/luo-ping), Chinese, 1733–1799

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