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Bamboo in the Wind

Yi Jeong (artist name: Taneun) · early 17th century

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Artist

Yi Jeong (artist name: Taneun)
Korean, 1541–1626

Date

early 17th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on silk with gold on colophon

Size

Image: 45 1/2 x 21 in. (115.6 x 53.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 87 13/16 × 26 5/16 in. (223 × 66.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 87 13/16 × 28 3/4 in. (223 × 73 cm)

Place

Korea

Period

16th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules