Pil Bugwonsuhoedocheop, Jeongseon

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2262

Category

Painting

Era

1716년(조선 숙종 42)

Designated year

2024

Location

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

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The Album of North Garden Gathering Paintings by Jeong Seon (registered in the National Museum of Korea) commemorates a celebration held on October 22, 1716, in the North Garden of Jangui-dong to honor Iгwangjeok's 60th anniversary of passing the state examination. This handscroll album, consisting of 20 sheets totaling 40 pages, leads with the North Garden Gathering Painting, followed by attendance records, poetry, and a concluding inscription. The gathering was organized by Park Gyeonseong, Jeong Seon's paternal uncle, and the attendees include 15 distinguished individuals, among whom Park Gyeonseong, Seong Jihhaeng, Kim Changguk, and Yi Hangbeon were unable to participate due to health concerns. The North Garden Gathering Painting depicting the complete scene reveals the meticulous compositional skill of Jeong Seon, with participants and attendants shown within buildings and servants and sedan-bearers illustrated outside. The poetry collection follows the poetic convention of rhyming with the initial poem by Park Gyeonseong, arranged according to seating order rather than rank or office. This work represents an early example by Jeong Seon, the representative painter of genuine-scenery landscape painting, and is significant for demonstrating the transition from scroll format to album format for retirement celebration paintings in the early 18th century. The work also possesses considerable historical value through its association with important figures active during the latter reign of King Sukjong and the literary and artistic quality of the included poems.