石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁1159-1161 &*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁129&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁17-18&* 郎世寧(西元一六八八-一七六六年),意大利人,十九歲時,入天主教耶穌會為修士,早年曾習西畫與建築。二十七歲來華,以繪事供奉內廷,歷任康熙、雍正、乾隆三朝。善畫人物花鳥,尤擅犬馬。 郎氏奉敕寫生邊疆藩臣進貢之良馬,以與真馬近似之大小尺寸繪之,其畫於中國傳統畫法中,加入西洋光影透視法,故色彩穠艷,形象逼肖。本幅為十駿圖中之赤花鷹。畫成於乾隆八年(一七四三)。 &* Lang Shih-ning (Giuseppe Castiglione) was a native of Milan, Italy. At 19, he became a novitiate in the Jesuit order and studied painting and architecture. At 27, he came to China and soon began painting for the K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng, and Ch’ien-lung emperors. He excelled at figures, birds-and-flowers, and especially dogs and horses. Castiglione was commissioned to create portraits of fine horses presented as tribute from vassal states to the west for the Ch’ing court. Painted almost life-size, his use of Chinese techniques also incorporates Western methods of chiaroscuro and perspective, making the life-like colors and forms convincing. The portrait of the Ch’ih-hua-ying horse is one of set of 10 from 1743. &*1.韓北新,〈郎世寧繪畫繫年(一)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第67期(1988年10月),頁96。 2.侯怡利,〈關於郎世寧畫作二三事〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第297期(2007年12月),頁62-72。