At the Well

Kim Hong-do

Painted

c. 1780

Collection

National Museum of Korea

A traveller gulps water from a bucket handed to him by a woman at the well; his hat is pushed back and his shirt hangs open, so the other women turn their faces away. With nothing more than a crossing of glances, the picture hints at the tension between men and women in Confucian society.

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