Breaking Through the Siege at Hesui: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western
Breaking Through the Siege at Hesui: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with imperial Poems, Giuseppe Castiglione, c. 1765-1774; poem dated 1759, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThis set of etchings was commissioned by Emperor Qianlong to record in pictorial terms the courage of his generals and soldiers in quelling the rebellions in the Western Regions. Qianlong added his own poem to each of the etchings, indicating his appreciation and pride in this demonstration of military might. “Western Regions” refers to the present-day Xingjiang province, often described in Western writing as “Central Asia.”Size: Overall: 51 x 87 cm (20 1/16 x 34 ¼ in.)Medium: etching, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptionshttps://clevelandart.org/art/1998.103.7 -- source link
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