Il gesuita Nicolas Trigault in costume cinese

Peter Paul Rubens Flemish

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Questa splendida immagine in costume è anche un toccante ritratto di Nicolas Trigault, un gesuita fiammingo missionario in Cina. Rubens ebbe stretti legami con l’università gesuita di Anversa ed eseguì il disegno in occasione della visita di Trigault in città allo scopo di raccogliere fondi e reclutare nuovi missionari. Il costume abbina un copricapo coreano alla veste di un dotto cinese, per comunicare il desiderio dei Gesuiti di integrarsi nella cultura cinese, ma al contempo tenere una certa consapevole distanza da essa. Rubens ha saputo cogliere con eleganza il taglio, la trama e lo spessore dell’abito, descrivendone i colori nel testo in latino.

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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