Portrait of the Great Master Yeongwoldang Eungjin
1700s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Portrait of the Great Master Yeongwoldang Eungjin, 1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk; overall: 216.9 x 103.3 cm (85 3/8 x 40 11/16 in.); painting only: 114.4 x 79.2 cm (45 1/16 x 31 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1990.16 In East Asian Buddhist temples, portraits of Buddhist monks are housed in special dedicated halls as icons of spiritual ancestors to the community of Buddhist monks and nuns.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 216.9 x 103.3 cm (85 3/8 x 40 11/16 in.); Painting only: 114.4 x 79.2 cm (45 1/16 x 31 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1990.16
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 21, 2014-July 21, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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