石渠寶笈續編(御書房),第四冊,頁2260&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁131&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁109-110&* 艾啟蒙(西元一七0八至一七八0)字醒菴,波西米亞人,乾隆十年入如意館,與朗世寧王致誠同為畫院供奉。善畫,尤工翎毛,賜三品銜。 山壁懸瀑,桃花山茶綻於石旁,青藤蒼柏植於涯際。畫山貓二,追逐嬉戲,筆致細勁,敷彩雅淡。 &* Ignace Sichelbart was a Bohemian Jesuit, who was given the Chinese name Ai Ch’i-meng and the tzu Hsing-an. From 1746 onwards he was employed by the emperor as a painter in the Ju-i-kuan section of the palace. He worked with Giuseppe Castiglione, Jean-Denis Attiret and others. Especially skilled at painting birds and animals, he was given a third rank title. A waterfall streams down a gorge and peach blossom and camellia screen the cliff face. Wistaria twines around an old pine tree growing on the bank where racoon dogs chase each other. Here brushwork is fine and firm and application of color is elegantly restrained.