Among the original portraits of Twelve Empresses of Qianlong, which portrait of Queen Qianlong painted by Lang Shining is the most beautiful?

Originally known as Giuseppe? Gastirione, born in Milan, Italy, 1688, is an Italian court painter and monk. Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty came to China to preach in fifty-four years and was called into the palace by Emperor Kangxi, who attached great importance to western learning. From then on, he began his career as a court painter for more than 50 years. In painting creation, Lang Shining fused Chinese and Western techniques to form a fine and realistic effect and created a new painting style, so he was highly valued by Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. Lang Shining also taught European painting techniques to the court painters in China, which made the court painting in Qing Dynasty and? Combination of Chinese and western? It is characterized by its novel appearance and unique style, which is different from the palace paintings of past dynasties. He is an all-round artist, involving figures, portraits, animals, flowers and birds, and landscapes, and became a representative figure of court painting in Yong Zhengdi and Qianlong periods. He died in 1766.

Popularize the information about this painting mentioned in the question again. This painting is called "Empress Qianlong". It is said that it was originally hidden in Yuanmingyuan, but now it is hidden in Cleveland Museum of Art. Scrolls are used to color silk books. The scroll is unfolded from right to left, showing the busts of Emperor Qianlong, his queen and eleven concubines in turn, with titles attached to the right side of each image. List of portraits of Emperor Qianlong Title:? August auspicious day of the first year of Qianlong? . The order of the twelve concubines is: Empress (Empress Xiao Xianchun), Imperial Concubine, Pure Concubine, Jia Fei, Ling Fei, Shu Fei, Qingyi, Yingyi, Xinyi, Jiyi, Shunyi and Xunyi. When the scroll is on display, the text description is:? In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Lang Shining and others painted the Qianlong emperor, Qianlong queen and eleven concubines. Among them, the emperor, queen and princess were painted by Lang Shining, the other seven were painted by Lang Shining's disciples, and the last three were painted by court painters. ?

There is an old saying in ancient China? Cultivate one's morality, keep one's family in order, govern the country and level the world? . At the beginning of this painting, Emperor Qianlong wrote the words "Zhi Ping" with his heart, and wrote such a name for this painting, so the picture of Empress Qianlong's concubine is also called "Zhi Tu Ping".

There is a legend in unofficial history that there is a short story in the stall that is going to paint this painting "Writing for Peace": One day, Emperor Qianlong took his concubines to Lang Shining's studio to watch him paint. The next day, Emperor Qianlong specially summoned Lang Shining and asked him which of those concubines was the most beautiful yesterday? Lang Shining said, "Oh, when your Majesty was looking at this painting, I was counting the tiles in the ground. Later, Emperor Qianlong asked eunuchs to count them, and it was exactly the same as what Lang Shining said. But in the end, Emperor Qianlong gave this painting task to Lang Shining. He reassured his woman to model and paint for Lang Shining.