Portraits of Cho Hyun-myeong and Cho Jae-ho

조현명·조재호 초상 [趙顯命·趙載浩肖像]

early 1800s

Korea, Joseon dynasty

(1392–1910)

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Medium

Pair of album paintings; ink and color on silk

Measurements

Image: 35.6 x 27.3 cm (14 x 10 3/4 in.); Mounted: 44.4 x 33.2 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund 1999.15

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

These two men belonged to the Pungyang Cho Clan, one of the most important political power houses in 18th-century Korea.

Description

These two portraits are of members of the Cho family, which originated from the area of Pungyang. Cho Jae-ho (1702-1762) on the left is the cousin of Cho Hyun-myeong on the right. Both were High State Councilors, called yeong-uijeong, and the Cho family ordered these two portraits as a family honor. Korean portraits were copied for sharing at each family Confucian ritual; similar portraits are still in the collection of the Cho family in Korea.