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Highlights
Painting of Mice Nibbling on a Watermelon
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Paper
- Author
Presumably Shin saimdang(傳 申師任堂)
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Paintings - painting
- Dimensions
32.8x28.0cm(Image, Folding screen)
- Accession Number
Sinsu 3550
This is one of the paintings of grass and insects painted on an eight-panel folding screen by Shin Saimdang (1504-1551), a renowned female artist of the mid-Joseon Period. A delicate touch, stable composition, and clear colors are evidenced in her depiction of watermelons, mice, and butterflies in this masterpiece. Many such animal and insect paintings are said to have been produced by this woman, and this painting has often been employed as an embroidery design by successive generations.
