Sujet
Gathering among the Members of Office Censor-General, 1700s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Gathering among the Members of Office Censor-General, 1700s. On a hilly riverbank a few gentlemen enjoy an outdoor picnic under old pine trees, while a servant woman prepares their meal and drink. Despite its leisurely atmosphere, the painting depicts a professional workshop. Called "gathering painting," this hanging scroll depicts a gathering of the members of the Office of Censor-General, a powerful government unit that supervises all the state matters, including even the king?s behavior. Below the painting is a poem by Sim Eon-gwang (1487-1540), the head of that powerful department. The poem in which Sim expressed the team members? strong comradeship and loyalty to the king was composed in 1540; the hanging scroll itself, however, is a later copy from the 1700s. Unlike the original 1500s work in the National Museum of Korea, the CMA painting does not bear the title and the list of participants except for Sim?s lengthy poem.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F84_034
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
75,6Mo (8,3Mo) / 51,8cm x 36,6cm / 6118 x 4318 (300dpi)