Dokseodang gyehoedo (Gathering of Officials at Dokseodang Study)

The Dokseodang gyehoedo (Gathering of Officials at Dokseodang Study) is a gyehoedo, a painting depicting an official gathering, set against the backdrop of Dokseodang, an institution for reading and study established by the state in the Joseon period to cultivate talented officials. A gyehoedo depicts a gathering of colleagues from the same office coming together to foster friendship and enjoy refined pastimes. Measuring 57.5 cm wide and 102 cm high, the painting is of unknown authorship but is thought to have been made around 1570, the third year of King Seonjo. It depicts a gathering attended by nine men, including Jeong Cheol, Yi I, and Yu Seong-ryong, and it gives emphasis to both the landscape setting and the appearance of Dokseodang. The mountains and the Dokseodang building are set toward the left of the composition; boats float in a row along the riverbank, scholars are seated to the left of the building, and figures crossing over the mountain can also be seen. The mountain forms in this work, rendered in short lines and dots, retain an echo of the painting style of the An Gyeon school, making the work important material for the study of An Gyeon's style and of true-view landscape painting.

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Where it is

Region

Gwanak-gu, Seoul

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Treasure · 보물