Auction Information
Product:Giuseppe Castiglione's Painting of Horses
NO:3114
Starting Price:SGD:18,500,000
Transaction Price:Uncompleted
Specification:63.5×128.5cm
Auction Time:23-Sep-Sat
Auction Company:Habsburg International Auction Co.. Ltd
Description
This painting was created by Italian missionary Lang Sning, an imperial painter of the Qing Dynasty. It uses Western oil painting techniques to focus on light and elegant colors, and the changes in the brightness and darkness of the color tone. It vividly portrays the structure and volume of horses, which is vivid and lifelike. Unlike Chinese painting, which uses lines to shape the appearance of horses and uses fine brushstrokes to paint fur and mane. Furthermore, the muscles and blood vessels in the neck and legs are portrayed, questioning the authenticity and vividness of the painting. The painting features multiple imperial seals, eulogies, and records from the Qing Palace archives. In March of the eighth year of the Qianlong reign, the treasurer, Lang Zhengpei, presented a jade statue and painted ten large paintings of ten horses with Lang Tuning, without the need for a set to be presented to the public. This is a highly acclaimed work.