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2004.19.68.1 - The Qianlong Emperor’s Conquests: Depictions of Victories over the Eleuths, Dzungars and Other Central Asian Peoples in Xinjiang

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Object Typeportfolio Artistafter Castiglione, Giuseppe; after Sichelbart, Ignatius; after Attiret, Jean-Denis; after Damasceno, Giovanni; after Qianlong Emperor Date Made1767-1774

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Object Typeportfolio Artistafter Castiglione, Giuseppe; after Sichelbart, Ignatius; after Attiret, Jean-Denis; after Damasceno, Giovanni; after Qianlong Emperor Date Made1767-1774
Accession Number 2004.19.68.1 Title The Qianlong Emperor’s Conquests: Depictions of Victories over the Eleuths, Dzungars and Other Central Asian Peoples in Xinjiang Category portfolios Object Type portfolio Artist after Castiglione, Giuseppe; after Sichelbart, Ignatius; after Attiret, Jean-Denis; after Damasceno, Giovanni; after Qianlong Emperor Date Made 1767-1774 Place Made China Culture Chinese Period Qing 18th century Measurements overall: 5.3 cm x 114.8 cm x 66.2 cm Description
16 plates of pictures accompanied by 16 plates of poems and prose, plus 1 preface by the Qianlong Emperor in woodblock print dated to February-March 1766, 1 undated postface by also in woodblock print by members of…
16 plates of pictures accompanied by 16 plates of poems and prose, plus 1 preface by the Qianlong Emperor in woodblock print dated to February-March 1766, 1 undated postface by also in woodblock print by members of the Qianlong court, 1 handwritten postface dated to the 23rd year of the Daoguang era, 4th month (12th day or May 11, 1843). The prints were engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), Jacques Aliamet (1726-88), Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807), Benoit Louis Prevost (1747-ca. 1804), Pierre Phillipe Choffard (1730-1809), Joseph Masquelier (1741-1811), François Denis Née (1732-1817), and Nicholas Delaunay (1739-92), under direction of and with modifications by the Secretary-Historiographer of the Academy of Painting, Charles-Nicholas Chochin fils (1715-90). The prints were engraved after drawings by Guiseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688-1766), an Italian Jesuit; Jean-Denis Attiret (Wang Zhicheng, 1702-1768), a French Jesuit; Ignatius Sichelbart (Ai Qimeng, 1707-1780), a Bohemian Jesuit; and Giovanni Damasceno (An Deyi, d. 1781), an Italian Augustinian. The engravings were made in Paris, France.
Credit Line Gift of Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart

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Publications

Author Tsang, Ka Bo
Title Brilliant Strokes: Chinese Painting from the Mactaggart Art Collection
Publication Date 2008
Title Print Quarterly
Publication Date 2006-03