Portraits of the Qianlong Emperor and His Twelve Consorts 乾隆帝及后妃圖卷
Giuseppe Castiglione 郎世寧 1736 – années 1770
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- Artiste
- Giuseppe Castiglione
- Nom en chinois
- 郎世寧
- Biographie
- Italian Jesuit missionary and painter, who worked in China. He served as an artist at the imperial court of three emperors: the Kangzi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors. He painted in a style that is a fusion of European and Chinese traditions.
- Date
- 1736 – années 1770
- Période
- Chine, dynastie des Qing (1644–1911), règne de Qianlong (1736–95)
- Format
- Rouleau à main (手卷), se déroule de droite à gauche
- Technique
- Handscroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 53.8 x 1154.5 cm (21 3/16 x 454 1/2 in.); Painting only: 53 x 688.3 cm (20 7/8 x 271 in.)
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1969.31
- Provenance
- John L. Severance Fund
Ce qu'en dit le musée
This portrait shows the Qianlong emperor at 26, in the first year of his reign. His likeness is followed by portraits of the empress and eleven consorts. Their portraits document the appearances of the court women around the time when they received their respective imperial titles, which occurred at different stages of the emperor's life. The first three portraits were done by the Jesuit (Roman Catholic) missionary artist Giuseppe Castiglione, whereas the later ones were by Chinese court painters. Formal portraiture contributed to the affirmation of status and construction of role and identity. This scroll served as both familial documentation and a "mind picture" of the Qianlong emperor, suggesting that his constructed image of emperorship was inseparable from concepts of self and family. It was stored in a carved red lacquer box bearing the original painting title Mind Picture of a Well-Governed and Tranquil Reign (see CMA 1969.32).
Notice de The Cleveland Museum of Art, fiche de l'œuvre.
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Lingfei 令妃 (1727–1775), the first consort depicted in the maroon or “incense-colored" 香色 robe, was the mother of six of Qianlong’s children, including the future Emperor Jiaqing.
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Inscriptions et sceaux
9 seals of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–95).
The eighth month, first year of Qianlong [1736] 乾隆元年八月吉日. The Empress (Xiaoxian) 皇后 (1712–1748), The Guifei (Huixian) 貴妃 (?-–1745), Chunfei 純妃 (1713–1760), Jiafei 嘉妃 (?–1755), Lingfei 令妃 (1727–1775), Shufei 舒妃 (1728–1777), Qingbin 慶嬪 (1724–1774), Yingbin 穎嬪 (1731–1800), Xinbin 忻嬪 (?–1764), Dunfei 惇妃 (1746–1806), Xunfei 順妃 (1749–1788), Shunbin 循嬪 (?–1797).
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