故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁130 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁67-68&* 郎世寧(西元一六八八至一七六六),意大利人,十九歲時,入天主教耶穌會為修士。曾習西畫,兼習建築。二十七歲來華,以繪事供奉內廷,歷仕康熙、雍正、乾隆三朝。善畫人物花鳥,尤善犬馬。其畫法,於中國傳統中加入西洋光影透視法,以及西畫顏料。故凡諸所作,色彩穠艷,形象逼肖。此幅畫駿犬蒼水虬。 &*Lang Shih-ning (1688-1766), born Giuseppe Castiglione, was a native of Milan, Italy. When he entered the Catholic priesthood at 19, he already excelled at painting and architecture. At 27 he journeyed to China as a missionary and was called to the Imperial Court to serve the Emperor. The painter is especially well-known for his rendering of figures, flowers, birds and larger-than-life size horses and dogs. His distinctive style made use of Chinese tools and materials with Western techniques, such as perspective and modelling, to paint largely Chinese motifs. The results were more emphatically realistic than the native Chinese tradition.&*1.韓北新,〈郎世寧繪畫繫年(二)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第68期(1988年11月),頁132。