Giuseppe Castiglione(1688 – 1766) was a native of Milan, Italy. When he became a Jesuit at the age of nineteen, he already excelled at painting and architecture. At twenty-seven, he journeyed to..
Lang Shih-ning is the Chinese name used by the Italian, Giuseppe Castiglione. At age of 19, Castiglione entered the Jesuit order in Italy as a novitiate, and his early training included painting and a..
Lang Shining is the Chinese name of the Italian Giuseppe Castiglione, a native of Milan who entered the Jesuit priesthood at the age of 19, taking up the study of painting and architecture. At 27 he j..
A review of the research done to date indicates that many of the works Giuseppe Castiglione did in the Yung-cheng reign (1723–1735) were signed in using Sung-script style found in late Ming dyna..
On a gentle slope where rose bushes bloom are two pairs of red-crested cranes, one adult and the other chicks. An adult stands on one leg and careens its neck to preen its feathers while the other loo..
Lang Shining was the Chinese name of the Italian Giuseppe Castiglione, a native of Milan. At the age of 19, he entered the Jesuit order as a novitiate and studied oil painting and architecture. In 171..
Lang Shining was the Chinese name of the Italian Giuseppe Castiglione. At the age of 19, he became a Jesuit novitiate and studied painting and architecture. He arrived in China when he was 27 and even..
This work dates from 1723, making it the earliest known painting by Giuseppe Castiglione and done approximately eight years after he first arrived in China. Depicted here is an underglaze blue vase de..
Shen Zhou (1427–1509) from Changzhou, Jiangsu province. His courtesy name was Qi-nan, and he also used the pseudonym Shi-Tien, and is often referred to as Bai Shi Ong (The Man of the White Rock)..
Shen Chou (style name Ch'i-nan, and sobriquets Shih-t'ien and Paishih-weng) was a native of Ch'ang-chou (modern Soochow), Kiangsu province. Magnanimous by nature, he was an able poet, essa..
This painting depicts ten ladies of the women's quarters from the inner palace. They are seated around the sides of a large rectangular table served with tea as someone is also drinking wine. The ..
Tang Yin (1470–1523) was born in Wuxian, Jiangsu. His style name was Ziwei, another style name was Bohu, and his sobriquet was Liuru. He was very talented and accomplished, and had a character t..
This hanging scroll, bearing no signature or seal of the painter, represents a herd of deer gathered in a maple forest on an autumn day. Some of the deer stand quietly as others ramble about. The pain..
This work depicts a maple forest in autumn with a scene of a herd of deer frolicking and resting. It is very close in size and style to another work in the National Palace Museum collection, "Her..
Chen Shu (style name Nanlou; sobriquets Shangyuan dizi and Fu'an; late sobriquet Nanlou laoren) was a native of Jiaxing in Zhejiang. She excelled at painting bird-and-flower and grass-and-insect s..
Huizong, given name Zhao Ji, was an artistic emperor gifted at the "Three Perfections" of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. He established a Painting Academy for the complete study of paint..
01/ Peacocks, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
02/ A Brocade of Spring, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
03/ White Falcon, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty..
01/ Gibbons at Play, Emperor Xuanzong, Ming Dynasty
02/ Album of Sketching from Life–Cat, Shen Zhou, Ming Dynasty
03/ Beginning a Peaceful New Year, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty..
01/ The Three Friends of Winter, Chao Meng–Chien, Song Dynasty
02/ Fishing alone on the cold river, Shen Chou, Ming dynasty
03/ On a Mountain Path in Spring, Ma Yuan, Song Dynasty..
01/ Ten Imperial Hounds "Ju–huang–pao", Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
02/ Ten Imperial Hounds "Shuang–hua–yao", Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
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01/ Ten Steeds "Snow–Flake Eagle", Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
02/ A Brocade of Spring, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty
03/ White Falcon, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty..