Korea: Portrait of Hwang Hyeon (1855-1910), scholar and patriot who committed suicide to protest Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910. Chae Yong-sin, 1911

This is a portrait of Hwang Hyeon (1855-1910), a scholar and patriot toward the end of the Joseon period, produced by Chae Yong-sin (1850-1941).

Chae painted the portrait in May 1911, a year after Hwang's death, based on the photograph but changing the costume and pose. Hwang is portrayed wearing a Confucian scholar's overcoat (simeui) and a tiered black horsehair hat, sitting on a decorative mat and holding a book and a fan in his hands.

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