Portrait of Yeomjesin

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1097

Category

Painting

Era

고려시대

Designated year

1991

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.524041, 126.980350

This is a portrait of Yeom Je-sin (1304-1382), a civil official of the late Goryeo Period. It measures 42.1 cm wide and 53.7 cm long. Yeom Je-sin lived during the Yuan Dynasty of China from his childhood, with the Yuan emperor favoring him. After returning to Goryeo, he served in various official posts during the reigns of several kings, finally becoming a chancellor. In the portrait, Yeom is wearing a black cap and looking to the right. His face is painted in gray color, with his hair, eyebrows, and mustache depicted with thin black and white lines. The light and shade of the edges of the eyelids are expressed with red color. The eyelashes are drawn separately without omission after portraying the eyelids with thick black ink lines. This portrait is said to have been painted by King Gongmin of Goryeo. The painting style and composition of this portrait are very similar to those of the portraits of Yi Je-hyeon and An Hyang. The scroll patterns on the clothes of Yeom are unique and are very elaborately depicted. It is regarded as a very valuable masterpiece for its rarity as a portrait of the Goryeo Dynasty and its artistic excellence, showing the high standard of the portraits of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Location