Highlights
Painting of an Immortal Crossing the Sea
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Paper
- Author
Jeong Seon(鄭敾, 1676-1759)
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Paintings - painting
- Dimensions
124.5x67.6cm(Hanging scroll painting)
- Accession Number
Deoksu 3660
This painting measuring more than one meter in height portrays a Taoist immortal close up without any background scenery. The subject is holding a cane and wearing a hood. The painting contains the seal impression of “Wonbaek” (元伯), which the renowned painter Jeong Seon is known to have preferred in his later years.