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Historical Korean portraiture on show at two Seoul museums

by Philip Gowman posted updated 16 May 2020
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Provided by the National Museum of Korea
L to R: Korean Man by Peter Paul Rubens (1617); A self-portrait by Yun Du-seo (1668-1715) (National Treasure No. 240); Portrait of Seo Jik-su by Yi Myeong-gi and Kim Hong-do (1796). At the National Museum of Korea until Nov 6. Provided by the National Museum of Korea

Interesting feature on two exhibitions of Korean portraiture, including a 1617 portrait of “the first Korean in Europe” http://t.co/lVN629Bx, also http://bit.ly/r9fy9g