Why it matters
A hundred horses on a silk scroll 7.76 metres long, painted for the Yongzheng emperor by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione, known in China as Lang Shining. He created a new style combining Western and Chinese elements.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1728.
- It is ink on silk.
- A sketch for it is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Based on the Wikipedia article One Hundred Horses (CC BY-SA 4.0).
