Wild geese descending to sandbar
Unidentified artist · late 15th–early 16th century
Palette
Raw umber
Parchment
Olive brown
Sand
Putty
Khaki
Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How
Details
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- late 15th–early 16th century
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Size
- Image: 49 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (126.4 × 48.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 91 3/4 × 24 1/2 in. (233 × 62.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 91 3/4 × 27 1/4 in. (233 × 69.2 cm)
- Place
- Korea
- Period
- 15th century
- Themes
- Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Mountains · Birds
- Main colour
- Brown · lightness 53, colourfulness 22
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, John M. Crawford Jr. Bequest, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1992. Museum record.
Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0.
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