YI LANTAI (ACTIVE 1749-1793) AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (LANG SHINING), JARDIN DE FLORE, PARIS Palais, Pavillons, et Jardins Construits par Giuseppe Castiglione dans Le Domaine Imperial du Yuan Ming Yuan au Palais d'Ete de Pekin, 1977 (20)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION 芝加哥私人珍藏YI LANTAI (ACTIVE 1749-1793) AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (LANG SHINING), JARDIN DE FLORE, PARIS
Palais, Pavillons, et Jardins Construits par Giuseppe Castiglione dans Le Domaine Imperial du Yuan Ming Yuan au Palais d'Ete de Pekin, 1977Twenty prints on vélin de Rives paper, individually matted, framed and glazed, the sheets reprinted by Jardin de Flore, (Paris, 1977, edition 200/275) from the original 18th century engravings, with the gilt decorated blue cloth portfolio cover and trilingual (French, Chinese and English) front matter. 23 5/8 x 37 3/8in (60 x 95cm), each print (20).
Provenance: Acquired from Madame Kuniko Okamura, wife of Michel Dubosc, 6 February 2003Commissioned by the Qianlong emperor in 1781, the original copperplate prints from this suite of twenty engravings took five years to complete and depict the architectural splendor within the Qing Imperial complex at Yuan Ming Yuan. The Manchu artist Yi Lantai prepared the designs for the copperplates after perspective paintings by his teacher, Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining). The oversize prints were the first copperplate engravings produced in China solely by Chinese artisans, and each image reveals the appearance of the European style pavilions (Xiyanglou) and water features within the imperial grounds north of the Forbidden City. Upon delivery of the first hundred sets of prints, the emperor ordered a second hundred sets. This suite of prints was produced in 1977, and is faithful in size to the originals. The use of high-quality Velin de Rives paper closely imitates the 'papier de Chine' of the originals. The reproductions were produced from one of only three known sets of engravings which had not been folded, and thus the detracting central crease is absent. The set of twenty leaves in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, retain the folds in the central axis. The complete set of twenty engravings in the Palace Museum, Beijing, for example, bears a vertical fold down the center of each sheet. Other original sets are preserved in only a small number of institutional collections, including the Peking University Library, the National Library of China, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester. 伊蘭泰(活躍於1749–1793年)仿郎世寧 圓明園苑景 紙本銅版畫 冊頁裱為鏡框二十幅 一九七七年印製來源: 2003年2月6日購自米歇爾?杜博斯(Michel Dubosc)夫人岡村邦子(Kuniko Okamura)此套銅版畫共計二十幅,為清乾隆四十六年(1781)敕令繪製,由滿族畫師伊蘭泰依其師郎世寧所繪綫法畫起稿作銅版畫粉本。整個項目歷時五載始告完成,描繪圓明園內長春園西洋樓盛景。此為中國首次僅由本土工匠獨立製作的大型銅版畫,每幅畫面皆呈現紫禁城以北御園內西洋樓建築群及大水法景觀的原貌。首批一百套呈覽後,乾隆皇帝復諭令加印一百套。本拍品為1977年印製,尺幅忠實再現原版規格,選用法國Rives純棉手工紙,質感細緻,極似原版所用的由杭州織造所呈「中國紙」。此套複製品乃依據現存僅三套未經摺疊的原版銅版畫印製而成,故不見其它原版因對摺而產生的中軸摺痕,畫面完整無損。北京故宮博物院藏一套二十開,紙張中軸便有摺痕。此外,僅有北京大學圖書館、中國國家圖書館、巴黎國家圖書館額英國曼徹斯特大學圖書館等少量機構見藏該畫冊。
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