In Jae-hong Portrait Pavilion

This is a meritorious-subject portrait of Hong Jin (1541–1616), who was ranked second class among the Hoseong Merit Subjects (扈聖功臣) for his service in escorting King Seonjo during the Japanese invasions of Korea. Hong Jin's ancestral seat was Namyang; his courtesy name was Huigo, and his pen names were Injae and Toechon. The surviving portrait is thought to be the merit-subject portrait he received on being honoured as a Hoseong Merit Subject in 1604. He is portrayed half turned, seated in a chair with hands clasped before him, wearing a samo, an official's black gauze cap, and a danryeong, a black official robe with a round collar, patterned with clouds. The facial features are drawn in fine outline, with the protruding cheekbones shaded slightly darker, in the manner typical of early 17th-century portraiture; no attempt is made to give the face volume through shading. A popular story holds that Hong Jin's fondness for drink gave him a nose ailment, and the portrait does indeed show what appears to be a mark of disease on the nose. The flat, unshaded rendering of the face, the cloud pattern and two-dimensional treatment of the costume, the pointed triangular gusset visible at the right side of the robe, and the chequered mat on the floor are all features expected of an early 17th-century meritorious-subject portrait. On the chest he wears a peacock rank badge denoting a first-rank civil official, together with a rhinoceros-horn belt; Hong Jin indeed held first rank at the time he was named a Hoseong Merit Subject, matching the peacock badge. In the side slit of the robe, the lining and a small ornamental knife are slightly visible. The folds of the robe are also drawn in outline, but the cloud pattern is applied as a uniform, repeating motif.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산