Postcard, A Brocade of Spring, Giuseppe Castiglione, Qing Dynasty

Collection description Castiglione (1688-1766 AD), an Italian, entered the Catholic Jesuit order as a monk at the age of nineteen. He studied oil painting and architecture. He came to China as a missionary at the age of twenty-seven and served the inner court with paintings. He served as a minister during the Kangxi, Kangxi, and During the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, his painting techniques were based on Chinese and Western influences, and he was good at painting figures, flowers and birds, especially dogs and horses. The painting depicts a mountain stream, with two golden pheasants perched on a lake stone. There are various flowers, green bamboos and Ganoderma lucidum growing beside the stone, which embodies the auspicious saying of "spring is like a brocade". Standard sizes Size: 10cm long x 14.8cm wide Material: paper Origin: Taiwan