Portrait of Kang Hyeon

The Portrait of Kang Hyeon is a full-length portrait of the mid-Joseon civil official Kang Hyeon (1650–1733), shown seated in a chair and facing right, measuring 96 cm wide and 165.8 cm high. Kang Hyeon was the father of the scholar-painter Gang Se-hwang, and he himself held various posts including Daejehak (Chief Academician) and Minister of Rites. In the portrait he wears the hat and green official robes of a government official, seated in a chair covered with a tiger skin. The face is rendered with fine shading lines around the eyes, nose, chin and cheeks, and the ruddy complexion typical of an elderly person is well captured. The folds of the robe are indicated with a few unshaded lines, conveying the dignified bearing of the sitter. The tiger skin draped over the chair and other features exemplify the typical format and technique of eighteenth-century portraiture.

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Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Treasure · 보물