White Eagle (indoor)

Title: White Eagle (indoor)
Description: In the first lunar month of 1765 during the Ch’ien-lung reign (1736-1795), the Doroi Beile (High Lord) Khalka submitted as tribute to the Ch’ing court a white falcon, which was painted by Giuseppe Castiglione. The white falcon here is tied to a falcon stand with yellow silk cord. Turning its head to the side, the pose is that of great realism. Among the paintings of this type with a falcon on a falcon stand, this particular piece bears an imperial inscription from 1765, indicating it is one of the last works done by Castiglione, who died the following year. Exceptional attention was paid to the details of the falcon stand, emphasizing the differences in textures and features of the objects. However, the falcon stand reveals some degree of patterning in the painting, indicating it was probably not done by Castiglione personally.
Creator: Castiglione, Giuseppe
Subject: Castiglione, Chinese painting, eagle
Publisher: National Palace Museum
Date Created: 1765
Type: Chinese painting styles
Format: album leaf, ink, and colors on silk, 179.9cm x99.2cm.
Identifier: 故畫00095700000
Source: https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Painting/Content?pid=3649&Dept=P
Language: Chinese (language)
Relation: White Eagle (outdoor)
Rights: open access publishing

Item sets: Animals in paintings that Giuseppe Castiglione painted after arriving China