Emperor of China (from Johannes Nieuhof's "An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China," London, 1669)

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author Johannes Nieuhof Dutch

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A young Chinese emperor in ornate robe standing to right in a palace, holding a long staff, watched by a dog at right; he is shown seated under a canopy in background, five men kneeling before him; tablet at top centre; illustration to Johannes Nieuhof's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China' (London:1669)

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