국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Chrysanthemum and Butterfly
  • Nationality/Period

    Joseon Dynasty

  • Materials

    Silk Fabric - Silk

  • Author

    Painted by Hong Nakchoe (1735~1757), calligraphy by Hong Naksam (1734~1753) and Hong Nakseong (1718~1798)

  • Category

    Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Paintings - painting

  • Dimensions

    61.2 × 39.2 cm

  • Accession Number

    Deoksu 2483

This painting depicts two sprays of pink and yellow chrysanthemum flowers, butterflies, and a grasshopper. It was painted using diverse techniques and evokes a literati tone. Based on the verse “picking chrysanthemum under the east fence” in Twenty Poems After Drinking Wine (飮酒二十首, Ch. Yinjiu ershishou) by Tao Yuanming (陶淵明, 365–427), chrysanthemums came to represent a scholar living in seclusion. A literati painter Hong Naksam painted this painting and his elder brothers wrote the colophon on the painting.