Highlights
"Shoeing a Horse" from the Album of Genre Paintings by Kim Hong-do
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Paper
- Author
Kim Hong-do(金弘道, 1745-after 1806)
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Paintings - painting
- Dimensions
28.0x23.9cm(Image, Album)
- Designation
Treasure 527
- Accession Number
Bongwan 6504 - 17
This picture depicts a scene of a blacksmith shoeing a horse’s hooves after first making the horse lie down and tying its four legs to posts to prevent it from moving. There is drinking water top left for the workers to quench their thirst when necessary, and there are baskets and tools in the lower part of the painting, contributing to its composition.