O jesuíta Nicolau Trigault em traje chinês

Peter Paul Rubens Flemish

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Este magnífico estudo de indumentária é também um retrato de grande profundidade psicológica de Nicolas Trigault, um jesuíta flamengo que trabalhou como missionário na China. Rubens, que manteve laços estreitos com o colégio de jesuíta da Antuérpia, fez o desenho durante uma visita de Trigault à cidade para levantar fundos e recrutar novos missionários. O traje, que combina chapéu coreano e uma toga acadêmica chinesa, simboliza o desejo de integrar-se à cultura chinesa, mas, ao mesmo tempo, reconhecer e manter a distância que os separam. Rubens plasmou com grande precisão o corte, textura e peso da toga e descreveu em detalhes suas cores na inscrição em latim.

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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