Description:
“MONGOLIAN ARCHER” BY A FOLLOWER OF GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE
China, late Qing dynasty, 1750-1900. Watercolors and ink on paper. Apocryphal signature and two seals to lower left. Note the fine detail to the face of the archer.
Provenance: The collection of Rémi Bonnaud, director of a French silk mill in Indochina before 1940, acquired locally and thence by descent in the same family. A notable southern French collection, acquired from the above.
Condition: Laid down on cardboard. Abrasions, losses, soiling and old touch-ups mostly of small wormholes.
Dimensions: 88 x 39 cm (the painting) and 102 x 50 cm (the board)
Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J. (Lang Shining, 19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766), was an Italian Jesuit brother and a missionary in China, where he served as an artist at the imperial court of three emperors –Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. He painted in a style that is a fusion of European and Chinese traditions.
郎世寧風格《蒙古射手》
中國,晚清 1750-1900。紙本設色, 左下角有簽名和兩個印章,射手面部表情極爲惹人注目。
來源:Rémi Bonnaud收藏,1940年印度支那半島上的法國絲綢厰經理,在當地購得此畫,在同一家族中保存至今;一個法國南部重要收藏,購於上述收藏。
品相:放在紙板上,磨損、缺失、污染和舊時修補,主要是有小蟲洞的地方。
尺寸:88 x 39 厘米 (畫) 及102 x 50 厘米 (縂)