Jang Man Portrait and Gongsillokgwon

Jang Man (1566–1629), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period, belonged to the Indong Jang clan and used the pen name Nakseo. In 1624, the second year of King Injo, he was ranked first class among the Jinmu Merit Subjects for his part in suppressing the Yi Gwal Rebellion. Two portraits of him survive: one showing him in official robes and one in scholar's robes. The "Official Robes Portrait", showing Jang Man wearing a samo (a black official's hat) and a dallyeong (a round-collared official robe) and seated on a chair, is presumed to be the merit-subject portrait commissioned by the Chunghunbu, the office responsible for honouring meritorious subjects, at the time of his enrolment as a Jinmu Merit Subject. His haengjang, a biographical record of his life and conduct, states that during the Yi Gwal Rebellion he was carried to the battlefield on a cart despite illness and lost the sight of one eye there. In the painted face the pupils look straight ahead while the nose is rendered in profile and the mouth is symmetrical, a combination typical of seventeenth-century merit-subject portraits. The rank badge on his chest bears a pair of peacocks alongside a peony design, rendered with great precision, and his belt is a seodae, the rhinoceros-horn belt reserved for first-rank officials. The "Scholar's Robes Portrait" is a full-length seated image showing Jang Man in a danggeon (a scholar's cap) and simui (a scholar's robe), one hand resting on his knee and the other holding a fan. Because this portrait shows no eye patch, it may have been painted before the merit-subject portrait. Together, the official-robes portrait symbolically conveys his loyal and rigorous life as a state official, while the scholar's-robes portrait conveys the image of a recluse who wished to leave office and live away from public life.

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Gimpo, Gyeonggi

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산