Portrait of Gwonsangha

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2269

Category

Painting

Era

1719년(조선 숙종 45)

Designated year

2024

Location

제천시, 충청북도— 충청북도 제천시 의림대로47길 7 (모산동, 의림지역사박물관)

Coordinates

37.176130, 128.209516Kakao address conversion

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The Portrait of Kwon Sanghwa is a portrait of Kwon Sanghwa (1641-1721), recognized as the legitimate successor to the Confucian scholarship of Song Siyeol (1607-1689), which has been housed at the Hwanggang Shadow Hall in Jecheon for over three centuries. Although Kwon Sanghwa held high government office, the portrait depicts him not as an official but as a pure scholar dressed in ritual robes and formal Hyundanbok vestments, identical to the ritual dress code specified in the Yoksoggo collection of Kwon Seop (1671-1759). The painting employs striped patterns to represent the visual characteristics of the textile material contemporary to the Hyundanbok. The work is mounted as a hanging scroll on a single seamless silk sheet. The upper inscription in clerical script reads "Hansuiwon at seventy-nine years old, authentic portraiture," identifying the subject and indicating he was depicted at age seventy-nine. The signature inscription on the right side middle of the composition records that Kim Jinryeo, who participated as a royal portrait painter for King Sukjong, created this work in 1719. Kim Jinryeo employs a distinctive painting technique differentiating his approach from traditional ink-line portraiture methods, utilizing soft brushwork and wash-rendering techniques that emphasize the convex facial structures with bright tones, thereby enhancing the sitter's physical presence and realism. This sophisticated treatment of three-dimensional modeling effectively conveys Kwon Sanghwa's austere and principled character. The documented provenance, explicit attribution to Kim Jinryeo, excellent preservation condition, and recognition as a superior example among multiple known Kwon Sanghwa portraits establish this work's substantial value as a national treasure.

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