Artworks

Portrait of Ch’ae Che-gong

Artwork · Yi Myeong-gi · 1789 · kakemono

A portrait of Chae Je-gong (1720–1799), prime minister under King Chŏngjo, at seventy, painted by Yi Myeong-gi in 1789: seated cross-legged in a pink robe, fan in hand, with long inscriptions — the formula of Chosŏn portraits of officials. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 120–121, fig. 62. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.