This portrait of a lady named Un was painted by Chae Yong-sin (1848-1941). According to a record, the lady had been a gisaeng, or a female entertainer, owned by the local government of Gasan in Pyeongan-do, but she was freed from her near-slave status and granted land by the government for her efforts to save the magistrate of her country during the Hong Gyeong-rae Rebellion in 1811, when she was 27. In this imaginary portrait, Chae depicted the lady holding a baby boy, making them appear like icons of the Virgin and Child. The artist combined traditional ink wash techniques with the newly introduced Western techniques to give a three-dimensional depth to her work. Such eclecticism characterized the works of many Korean portrait artists, including Chae Yong-sin, who were active between the late Joseon Period and the early 20th century.