Jean-Denis Attiret
Jean-Denis Attiret (born July 31, 1702 in Dole , † December 8, 1768 in Beijing ) was a French Jesuit , missionary and painter in China .
Attiret comes from a family of artists; his grandfather and father were also painters. Thanks to a wealthy benefactor, he was able to study in Rome and was particularly interested in Raphael's art . He entered the order in 1735 and went to China as a missionary in 1737. The Jesuit mission had a long tradition there; Nicolas Trigault had worked there a century earlier . Attiret gained the emperor's favor and became court painter under the name Wang Zhicheng (王致誠). According to the will of Emperor Qianlong, he had to swap his European style for the typical Chinese one and resorted to watercolor painting. Attiret succeeded so well that he was able to work with local painters and set up his own school. He painted about two hundred portraits on materials such as silk .
Together with his friars Giuseppe Castiglione and Ignaz Sichelbarth as well as the Augustinian Joannes Damascenus Salusti (? -1781), Attiret made 16 drawings from the war against the Jungars (1753 to 1760), which were engraved in Paris under the direction of Nicolas Cochin.
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literature
- Hartmut Walravens: China illustrata. The European understanding of China as reflected in the 16th – 18th centuries Century . VCH, Weinheim 1987, ISBN 3-527-17815-5 .
- Henri-Bernard Maite: Le Frère Attiret au service de K'ien-Long (1739–1768) . Aurore University, Shanghai 1943.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Attiret, Jean-Denis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wang Zhicheng (王致誠) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Jesuit, missionary and painter in China |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dole |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1768 |
| Place of death | Beijing |