id:			161268
accession number:	1999.45
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.45
updated:		2025-07-11 11:16:16.564000

Portrait of an Official, early 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting only: 147.7 x 76.4 cm (58 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.); overall: 218.9 x 89.6 cm (86 3/16 x 35 1/4 in.); overall with knobs and cord: 221.9 x 96.9 cm (87 3/8 x 38 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1999.45

title:				Portrait of an Official
title in original language:	관료초상 (官僚肖像)
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creation date:			early 1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1840
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 147.7 x 76.4 cm (58 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.); Overall: 218.9 x 89.6 cm (86 3/16 x 35 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs and cord: 221.9 x 96.9 cm (87 3/8 x 38 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 12, 2013-January 28, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-06-12T04:00:00Z'}

* {'description': 'National Palace Museum, Seoul, South Korea (September 11-October 13, 2019).', 'opening_date': '2019-09-11T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, sold to the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD)
	date: ?-1998
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	The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, New York, NY
	date: 1998-1999
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	(Joseph P. Carroll, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1999
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1999-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cho, Sun-mie. <em>Portrait Paintings in Korea </em>[한국초상화 연구]. Seoul: Youlhwadang, 1983.
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	Yi, Tae-ho. <em>Realism in Late-Joseon Period Painting</em> [조선 후기 회화 의 사실 정신. Seoul: Hakkojae, 1996.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Contemporary German Painting Acquired by CMA,” June 9, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4262

	<em>Portraits of the Joseon Period</em> [조선 시대 초상화]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2007.
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	Cho, Sun-mie. <em>Great Korean Portraits.</em> Seoul: Dolbegae Publishers, 2010.
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	<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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	Kim, Yeong-ju. "Study on Joseon-Period Korean Portraits in Formatted in Hanging Scroll [조선시대 초상화 족자의 형식에 대한 연구]." <em>Misul sahak</em> no. 28 (2014): 61-95.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE02488829

	The Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation. "Support for Conservation and Use of the Korean Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 320-323. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 320-323, fig. 6
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	Jung-Jae Conservation Center. "The Conservation Report on Two Korean Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: <em>Portrait of a Scholar Official</em>." In <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 334-345. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 334-345
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