For the Love of God: Castiglione and the Jesuits at the Qing Court
Howard Rogers
Dorothy Berinstein
Yu Hui
Guiseppe Castiglione. Portrait of the Emperor Troating for Deer. 1741. Hanging scroll, ink
and color on silk; 267.5 x 319 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing (Berinstein, fig. 1)
Unidentified artist. Hongli Spearing a
Tiger. Qianlong reign period (1736-
1795). Hanging scroll, ink and color on
silk.
Palace Museum, Beijing
(Berinstein, fig. 2)
Attributed to Li Zhaodao, Emperor Minghuang’s Journey to Shu. 12th-century copy of a Tang
dynasty painting. Handscroll, color and ink on silk; 55.9 x 81 cm. National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Benozzo Gozzoli. The Procession of the Magi (detail, east wall). 1459. Fresco.
Chapel of the Magi, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Florence (Berinstein, fig. 6)
“The Triumphal Entry into Rome,” panel 4 from the tapestry series The History of
Constantine the Great, woven by Comana-La Plance, circa 1623-25 after designs by
Peter Paul Rubens and Pietro da Cortona. 15’11 3/4” x 17’10 1/4” Philadelphia Museum
of Art (Berinstein, fig. 7)
Castiglione. Rising Sun Against Oceanic Sky. Undated. horizontal scroll, color on silk;
93.7 x 186.2 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Castiglione. Portrait of
The Qianlong Emperor on
Horseback. Ink and color on
silk. Palace Museum,
Beijing.
Castiglione. Assembled Auspicious
Objects or Assembled Blessings. 1715.
Hanging scroll, ink, color on silk; 173 x
86.1 cm
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Jean Denis Attiret. Ten Noble Steeds. Album leaf; ink and color
on paper; 24.4 x 29 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing.
Jean Denis Attiret. Ten Noble Steeds. Album leaf; ink and color
on paper; 24.4 x 29 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing.
Castiglione. Hongli shooting a hare. Hanging scroll, ink and
color on silk; 93.7 x 186.2 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing.