Highlights
"Lunch Time" 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 - 20
This painting depicts a group of workers spending their lunch break in a happy and relaxed manner, eating and resting. A young woman turned away from the others to nurse her baby, and a dog that must have accompanied her when she delivered lunch to the field, complete the idyllic scene.