Portrait of a scholar
A renowned portraitist of his time, Chae Yongsin painted people from all levels of society. Chae’s works incorporate the conventions of both traditional ancestral portraiture and modern photography, such as a heightened realism and a studio-set background that included a painted folding screen. Indeed, he often painted from photos, especially as age limited his mobility; this portrait may very well have had a photographic, rather than live, model.
Artwork Details
- 석지 채용신 학자 초상
- 石芝 蔡龍臣 學者肖像
- Title: Portrait of a scholar
- Artist: Chae Yongsin (artist name: Seokji) (Korean, 1850–1941)
- Date: dated by inscription to 1924
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 38 1/8 × 21 1/8 in. (96.8 × 53.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 48 × 24 7/16 in. (121.9 × 62.1 cm)
Overall with knobs: 48 × 24 3/4 in. (121.9 × 62.9 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.329
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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