Highlights
Bamboo
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Silk Fabric - Silk
- Author
Yi Jeong(李霆, 1554-1626)
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Paintings - painting
- Dimensions
119.1x57.3cm(Image, Hanging scroll painting)
- Accession Number
Deoksu5321
Yi Jeong (1554-1626, pen-name: Taneun,) was skilled in painting bamboo trees. Along with Yu Deok-jang and Shin Wi, he was regarded as one of the three greatest painters of bamboo trees in black ink of the Joseon period. The Chinese characters on the bottom-right state that it was painted in the spring of 1622 at Wolseonjeong Pavilion. The painting portrays a bamboo tree drenched with rain.