Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)
An Kyŏn · ca. 1450–1500
Palette
Lichen
Lamp black
Sepia
Putty
Graphite
Taupe
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
- An Kyŏn
Korean - Date
- ca. 1450–1500
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk
- Size
- Image (each): 35 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. (89.9 x 45.4 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 78 1/4 x 24 in. (198.8 x 61 cm) Overall with knobs (each): 78 1/4 x 27 7/8 in. (198.8 x 70.8 cm)
- Place
- Korea
- Period
- 15th century
- Themes
- Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Mountains · Night and moonlight
- Main colour
- Gold & ochre · lightness 42, colourfulness 14
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose and John B. Elliott Gifts, 1987. 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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