El jesuita Nicolas Trigault en atuendo chino

Peter Paul Rubens Flemish

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Este magnífico estudio de indumentaria es también un retrato de gran profundidad psicológica de Nicolas Trigault, un jesuita de origen flamenco que trabajó como misionero en China. Rubens, que mantenía lazos estrechos con el colegio jesuita de Amberes, realizó el dibujo durante una visita de Trigault a la ciudad para recaudar fondos y reclutar nuevos misioneros. El atuendo, que combina un gorro coreano y una toga de académico chino, simboliza el deseo de los jesuitas de integrarse en la cultura china pero, al mismo tiempo, reconocer y mantener la distancia que les separaba de ella. Rubens plasmó con gran precisión el corte, textura y peso de la toga y describió en detalle sus colores en la inscripción en latín.

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper

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Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper

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