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A Jesuit Painter at the Court of the Chinese Emperors 204 Pages, Hardcover 26cm x 29cm FIRST EDITION 1971 Goodreads Rating: 4.00 * 2 ratings * 0 reviews
Giuseppe Castaglione, Italian painter, Jesuit missionary, arrived in China in 1715 and passed his life at the Court of the Emperors K'ang-hsi, Yung-Cheng and Ch'ien-lung. There he became pre-eminent among a group of European missionary-court painters who combined the propagation of the Christian Faith (in the face of daunting difficulties) with professional dedication to the artistic commissions of the Emperors.