石渠寶笈續編(重華宮),第四冊,頁1865 &*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁130 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第十四冊,頁81-82&*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。曾習油畫,兼習建築。二十七來華傳教,以繪事供奉內廷。 本幅畫深山幽澗中,古柏曲似蒼虯,青羊二頭,一縱躍,一徐行,形神俱絕妙逼真。細審山石筆法、設色,較少西洋風格,應屬郎氏中晚期之作品。 &* Lang Shih-ning is the Chinese name used by the Italian, Giuseppe Castiglione. At 19, he entered the Jesuit order as a novitiate, and his early training included painting and architecture. Sent to China, he arrived in 1715. His art came to the attention of the emperor, and he served as a court painter. In this painting of two goats, they appear deep in the mountains with an old twisting cypress towering above. The detailed and lively nature of the animals convey the artist’s command of the brush. The style of the mountains and rocks also represents that current among court painters of the day. Here, since the Western style does not dominate, it would suggest that this work dates from Castiglione’s middle or later years. &*1.韓北新,〈郎世寧繪畫繫年(四)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第70期(1989年1月),頁123。 2.邱士華,〈清高宗「集大成」訓練課程 — 複製〈青羊〉〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第268期(2005年7月),頁24-35。