石渠寶笈續編(寧壽宮),第六冊,頁3053&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁576&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁53-54&*1.韓北新,〈郎世寧繪畫繫年(三)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第69期(1988年12月),頁111。 &* 郎世寧(西元一六八八-一七六六年),義大利人。十九歲,入天主教耶穌會為修士,習畫兼習建築。二十七歲來華傳教,召入內廷供奉,善畫人物花鳥,尤善畫馬。 白海青為獵鷹中之名種,其猛鷙之性,虎虎若生,韝簾等物,亦描摹神似,為畫中寫實之佳作。 &*Lang Shih-ning was the Chinese name of Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian missionary. He entered the Jesuit College in Italy at the age of 19 and there studied painting and architecture. In 1715, when he was 27, he was sent to China and on arrival was summoned to serve in the imperial court. He was a good a painter of figures, flowers and especially of horses. Pai-hai-ch’ing is a well-prized kind of falcon, noted especially for its fierceness. Lang Shih-ning has captured the proud and majestic aloofness of the bird, depicting it in a remarkably realistic manner.