The Portrait of Matteo Ricci

This article discusses a rather unusual portrait that depicts the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), to be found today in the Gesù church in Rome. When it was first exhibited it aroused such excitement among Jesuits that it was displayed next to the portraits of St. Ignatius of Loyola and...

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Main Author: Guillen-Nuñez, Cesar (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 443-464
Further subjects:B Matteo Ricci portrait You Wenhui (Manuel Pereira) Ming portraiture El Greco Cosmography art-historical appraisal
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