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True-view landscape painting (chin’gyong sansuhwa) advocated using native Korean scenery as its subject. As a major exponent of this genre, Chong Son (1676–1759) most often portrayed sites in Korea famous for their natural beauty. The subject of this painting, Three-Dragon Waterfall at Mount Naeyon, is located in North Kyongsang Province, where Chong served as a magistrate from 1732 to 1738. The depiction is remarkable for the dark saturated ink that describes the towering mountain. In an inscription to the painting, Cho Yong-sok (1686–1761), a well-known scholar-painter and Chong Son’s close friend and neighbor, declares that it was only after seeing Chong’s painting that he was able to appreciate the mountain.