石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁1159 &*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁129 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁13-14&* 郎世寧(一六八八-一七六六)意大利人。十九歲入天主教耶穌會為修士,習畫與建築。二十七歲來華傳教,召入內廷供奉。善畫人物、花鳥,尤善畫馬。 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,生動逼真。畫成於乾隆八年(一七四三)。 &*Lang Shih-ning (1688-1766), born Giuseppe Castiglione, was a native of Milan. When at nineteen he became a Jesuit he already excelled at painting and architecture. At twenty-seven he journeyed to China as a missionary and was summoned to the Imperial Court where he served under the K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng, and Ch'ien-lung emperors. He is known for his rendering of figures, flower and birds, and most especially for his dogs and horses. This is a tribute horse which was presented to the imperial court by vassal states and painted by Lang Shih-ning in1743. The horse is almost life-size in scale, suggesting that Lang Shih-ning probably painted them from life. &*1.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。