Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements
Yi Taek-gyun (Korean, 1808–after 1883)
late 1800s
Medium
ten-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
197.5 × 395 cm · painting only: 139.3 × 330.8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2011.37
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
First produced around the second half of the eighteenth century, chaekgado (literally, “pictures of bookshelves”) flourished throughout the 1800s as a royal emblem. And soon this pictorial genre became a popular furnishing item for aristocrats' elegant studies. The third panel from the right bears a hidden seal that reveals the artist: Yi Taek-gyun, a prominent court artist active in the late 1800s.