Little is known about Shim Deuk-gyeong (1629-1710) except that he passed the lower civil service examination in 1693; the 19th year of King Sukjong. In this portrait he is wearing a Confucian scholar's overcoat and a tiered black horsehair hat and seated on a stool; in a three-quarter view from left.

The two colophons; both composed by Yi Seo (1662-1723); reveal that the portrait was painted by Yun Du-seo (1668-1715) in the 11th month of 1710; the 36th year of Sukjong; four months after Shim's death. Pictures From History