Jeong Su-chung Portrait and Jungmogi

This is one portrait of the Joseon civil official Jeong Su-chung (1401–1469), together with one volume recording the various details of the process by which the portrait was copied. Jeong Su-chung passed the civil service examination in 1450, the thirty-second year of King Sejong, and afterwards helped King Sejo ascend the throne, for which he was ranked among the meritorious subjects; he later rose to the office of Jwachanseong (deputy prime minister). This portrait is a copy made in 1856 of the meritorious-subject portrait originally painted by royal command when Jeong was named a meritorious subject, and it follows the same style as the portraits of Sin Suk-ju and Yi Sung-won. It is a full-length seated portrait: he wears a black samo, an official's hat, and a red robe on a pale reddish ground, seated with his face turned slightly to the right and both hands clasped together in front, tucked inside his sleeves. The outer contours of the garment are rendered with angular lines, and the folds are simplified into plain strokes, showing a clear effort to convey a dignified, high-ranking bearing. The Yeongjeong Jungmogi, a record of the portrait's copying handed down together with the painting, contains both an account of the copying process and the accompanying dedicatory prayer text.

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Where it is

Region

Cheongju, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산