Hyoryeongdaegun Portrait

This is a portrait of Hyoryeongdaegun (1396–1486), the second son of King Taejong of Joseon. It measures 90 cm in height and 70 cm in width, smaller than most portraits of its kind. The painting carries no inscription, so nothing is known of its provenance or the grounds for its attribution. The portrait shows Hyoryeongdaegun full-length, seated on a chair and facing forward. He wears a yellow official's cap, and his face was rendered by first applying a thick coat of hobun, a white pigment, before painting in the features. The face resembles the figures found in Buddhist paintings or musindo, paintings of shaman deities. The red robe he wears, called hongpo, differs from the dragon robe (gollyongpo) worn by kings. Pale green appears at the collar, cuffs and hem of the robe, though the red pigment has flaked and faded badly in places. The hands are held out in front of the body, as though resting on an umbrella-shaped object. The portrait is painted on coarsely woven ramie cloth and departs from the conventions of traditional portraiture, suggesting it was made as an object of worship. It is thought to date from the late Joseon period and to have been painted by a monk-painter experienced in Buddhist paintings or musindo.

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Where it is

Region

Gwacheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산