id:			374816
accession number:	2020.259
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updated:		2025-07-01 11:07:07.077000

Portrait of a Government Official, 1921. Chae Yongshin (Korean, 1848–1941). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 156.4 x 87.3 cm (61 9/16 x 34 3/8 in.); painting only: 127 x 71.1 cm (50 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2020.259

title:				Portrait of a Government Official
title in original language:	관료 초상
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creation date:			1921
creation date earliest:		1921
creation date latest:		1921
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Korean Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Chae Yongshin (Korean, 1848–1941)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 156.4 x 87.3 cm (61 9/16 x 34 3/8 in.); Painting only: 127 x 71.1 cm (50 x 28 in.)
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	inscription:	開闢一千0十五萬五千八百三十九年  辛酉十二月上澣前 郡守從二品御賜號,  石江 蔡龍臣八十翁摹寫. 
[印] 定山郡守 蔡龍臣章
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts
	opening date:   2020-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-October 25, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Poul Stengaard Hansen by descent to his daughter
	date: early 1960s–2019
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			* <div><!--block-->Hansen worked from 1963 to 1965 as the Chief of Mission at the National Medical Center in Seoul, Korea.</div>
			
			
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	(Kang Collection of Korean Art, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2019–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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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. "Portrait of Joseon Period [조선시대의 초상화]." <em>Misulsa Yeongu: Journal of Art History</em>, vol. 12 (December, 1998): 207-224.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/NODE00195368

	Kang, Kwan-sik. "The Hair and Eye Ritual Assumption and Modelistio Theme for Portraits of the Joseon Dynasty [털과 눈: 조선시대 초상화의 祭儀的 命題와 造形的 課題]." <em>Korean Journal of Art History</em> (December 2005): 95-129.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00999447

	<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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	"Recommendations from Our Curators.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 32.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 32
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