Castiglione (Giuseppe, after)

Three plates from ‘Twenty views of the European Palaces of the Yuanming yuan’, wove paper with deckle edges, after the originals published 1783-1786, image 510 x 880mm, framed & glazed, Paris Jardin de Flore, 1977 (3)

***The original etchings were created for the Qianlong Emperor by Castiglione, in his position as the Jesuit missionary to the Chinese court. They depict the European Palaces (Xiyanglou 西洋樓) of the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanmingyuan 圓明園), constructed from 1737-1766.