Jean-Damascène Sallusti Explained
Jean-Damascène Sallusti |
Other Names: | An Deyi |
Death Date: | 1781 |
Nationality: | Italian |
Occupation: | Bishop of Beijing, Missionary to China, court painter under the Qianlong Emperor |
Works: | "Battle Copper Prints", commemorating the I-li campaign |
Jean-Damascène Sallusti, also Giovanni Damasceno (; d. 1781) was an Italian missionary to China, as well as a court painter under the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
A member of the Augustinian order, and later a Jesuit, Sallusti was (somewhat controversially) appointed Bishop of Beijing in 1778, a position he held until his death in 1781.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] As a painter, he was a contemporary of Giuseppe Castiglione and Ignatius Sichelbart, and with them was responsible for the creation of the Emperor's "Battle Copper Prints", commemorating the I-li campaign.[6] [7] Work by Sallusti is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.[8]
Notes and References
- Book: Arnold Horrex Rowbotham. Missionary and mandarin: the Jesuits at the court of China. registration. 28 May 2013. January 1966. Russell & Russell. 190.
- Book: Michael Sullivan. The meeting of Eastern and Western art. 28 May 2013. 1989. University of California Press. 978-0-520-05902-3. 74.
- Book: L. Swerts. Mon Van Genechten. K. De Ridder. Mon Van Genechten (1903-1974): Flemish Missionary and Chinese Painter : Inculturation of Chinese Christian Art. 28 May 2013. 1 January 2002. Leuven University Press. 978-90-5867-222-3. 18.
- Book: Hong Kong Museum of Art. 從北京到凡爾賽: 中法美術交流. 28 May 2013. 1997. 香港市政局. 978-962-215-151-2. 233.
- Book: Kember, Pamela. An Tai or An Deyi, An T'ai, Ngan T'ai, An Ruowang, Ngan Jouo-Wang; real name: Giovanni Damasceno Sallust; other names: Salusti or Salutti, Giovanni Damasceno; Jean, Damascène. An Tai . Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists. 18 April 2013 . Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-992301-4 . 28 May 2013.
- Web site: [{{wdl|7718}} A Victory Banquet Given by the Emperor for the Distinguished Officers and Soldiers ]. Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe . 1770 . . French . Xinjiang, China . 28 May 2013 .
- Book: Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. registration. 28 May 2013. 31 May 1996. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-49781-7. 522.
- Web site: Battle at yixi'er ku'ernao'er/ from battle scenes of the quelling of rebellions in the western regions, with imperial poems. Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art. 1 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025538/http://library.clevelandart.org/node/276058. 4 March 2016.