Portraits of Cho Hyun-myeong and Cho Jae-ho
Unknown Artist
early 1800s
Medium
album painting, ink and color on silk
Dimensions
image: 35.6 × 27.3 cm · mounted: 44.4 × 33.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1999.15
About this artwork
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.