Reproduction of an original (See inscriptions) which captures 100 horses in various postures. They are kneeling, standing, eating and running on the grassland – staying alone and among groups.
| ID Oggetto | 398 |
| Tipologia | Gifts |
| Paese | Taiwan |
| Materiale | Paper; silk; ink; wood |
| Dimensioni | L 3,77 cm × H 46.5 cm |
| Peso | 447 gr. |
| Iscrizioni | There is a description paper inside the the gift box which reads: "One Hundred Horses - Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Ching Dynasty - (Hanging scroll, color and ink on silk, 94.5x767.2 cm) - One Hundred Horses is considered Castigliones greatest work. It was commissioned in 1723 and completed five years later. When the Chien Jung emperor vied the scroll he declared it a masterpiece and named Castigione his principal painter. To execute such a large composition, the artist first made a preparatory drawing on paper with figures sketched in charcoal and then precisely rendered in bold ink outlines drawn with a European pen rather than a Chinese brush. Castiglione would work out every detail in final draft before tracing the design onto the silk. Although the horses and trees recall Chinese prototypes, the landscape is still represented in Western-style perspective, with figures shown in dramatically foreshortened views. The large scale of the painting also suggests a European influence. Giuseppe Castiglione, called Lang Shin-ning in Chinese, was a native of Milan, Italy. When he became a Jesuit at the age of nineteen, he already excelled at painting and architecture. At twenty-seven, he journeyed to China as a missionary and was summoned to the Imperial Court, where he served under the Kang-his, Yung-cheng and Chien-lung emperors. He is known for his paintings of dogs and horses." |
| Collocazione | 3P1 |
| Luogo | Palazzo Coppini, Firenze |
Note
The scroll is in its original box (pink) which has a label with Japanese idioms
The original artwork is now preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
