This full-length frontal portrait illustrates the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, Yi Seong-gye (1335–1408), who is better known to history as King Taejo (r. 1392–1398). He is shown wearing an ikseongwan (winged coronet) and a blue gollyongpo (royal robe) while seated on the royal throne in a frontal pose. The contours of the face are drawn in lines and partial shading gives a sense of three-dimensionality. The painting exhibits characteristics of early Joseon portraits, including the angular outlines of the robe and the opening of the dallyeong robe. It is a faithful reproduction from 1872 (the ninth year of the reign of King Gojong) of an old portrait and makes it a valuable source of knowledge on the portraits of the early Joseon period.