Sinyunbok Pil Miindo

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1973

Category

Painting

Era

18세기 말～19세기 초

Designated year

2018

Location

성북구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 성북구 성북로 102-11 (성북동, 간송미술관)

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Miindo(A Beautiful Woman) is a full-length portrait of a beautiful woman produced by Sin Yun-bok (ca. 1758-after 1813), who, along with Kim Hong-do, is regarded as one of the two greatest painters of genre art in late Joseon. Kim used delicate brushstrokes and attractively subdued colors to depict his subject wearing a large wig (gache), a color-trimmed jacket and voluminous skirt, a violet hair ribbon, a vermillion waist string, and pink norigae ornaments, lending vivacity to the painting and creating a delightful contrast with the woman’s static posture. The painting occupies a prominent position in the history of Korean art history as only a few full-length portraits of women were produced before Sin Yun-bok. It is now widely regarded as a sublime example of a portrait of a woman of nineteenth-century Joseon.