Lot 67: D'APRES GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, PARIS JARDIN DE FLORE, 1977

D'APRES GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, PARIS JARDIN DE FLORE, 1977 ALBUM DE VINGT ESTAMPES 'PALAIS PAVILLONS ET JARDINS CONSTRUIT PAR GIUSEPPE CASTIGIONE DANS LE DOMAINE IMPERIAL DU YUAN MING YUAN AU PALAIS D'ETE DE PEKIN' The album contains a complete set of twenty prints depicting views of the Summer Palace in Beijing, Yuan ming yuan, together with two title sheets in English and French; a sheet of introduction, with notes, bibliography and titles for the twenty prints. The views represent, in order, South facade of the Palace of the Delights of Harmony; North facade of the Palace of the Delights of Harmony; East facade of the water pavilion containing the hydraulic machine called the machine of St Peter; Gateway leading north to the Garden of the water pavilion; View of the Labyrinth; Aviary, west facade; Aviary, east facade; Belvedere; Bamboo Pavilion; Palace of the Calm Sea, north facade; Palace of the Calm Sea, east facade; Palace of the Calm Sea, south facade; Palace of the Immense Ocean; Waterworks; Throne of Qianlong, opposite the waterworks; Gateway to the terrace of the artificial hill; Temple of the artificial hill; Gateway to the artificial hill; View of the east bank of the lake. Each plate measures 37 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (95 x 60 cm.)

95 x 60 cm.

NUMBER 202 OF AN EDITION OF 275. These extraordinarily fine impressions were made after etchings created between 1783 and 1786, and portray the edifices, gardens and palace grounds constructed from 1737 to 1766 for the Qianlong emperor and painted by the Jesuit missionary Guiseppe Castiglione, known as Lang Shi Ning. A very similar album, but incomplete (19 instead of 20 plates), was sold in Christie's South Kensington, sale of Travel, Science and Natural History, 10 October 2013, lot 101.