Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons
| Title | Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons |
|---|---|
| Artist | Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506) |
| Date | second half of the 1500s 16th century |
| Medium | Six-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper |
| Classification | Painting |
| Origin | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons, second half of the 1500s. Follower of Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506). Six-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper; image: 158.5 x 359.4 cm (62 3/8 x 141 1/2 in.); overall: 175.2 x 374.4 cm (69 x 147 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1960.173 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons” is a work by Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506), dated second half of the 1500s. It is executed in six-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration, ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as painting. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to second half of the 1500s. Explore the wider set of works from the 16th century held in the archive.
The origin
Recorded origin: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Browse more public-domain art from Japan.
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Made available through the The Cleveland Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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