Splendors of China’s Forbidden City:
The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong

November 21, 2004–May 29, 2005, J. E. R. Chilton Galleries
   

Portrait of Empress Xiaoxian in winter ceremonial robe (c. 1737)
Artist: attributed to Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766)
Wood, silk, paper, metal hardware; silk wrapper
194 x 116 cm.
Height: 107 1/8”; Width: 51 ¾”; Depth: 1 ¾”

Photo: © Palace Museum, Beijing

 
       
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