Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume, 1617, Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper, 17 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (44.6 x 24.8 cm), Drawings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), This magnificent costume study is also an affecting portrait of Nicolas Trigault, a Flemish Jesuit missionary to China. Rubens, who had close ties to the Jesuit college of Antwerp, made the drawing when Trigault visited the city to raise funds and recruit new missionaries
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Portrait, Nicolas Trigault, Chinese Costume, 1617, Black, red, white chalk, blue pastel, pen, brown, black ink, light brown laid paper, 17 9/16 x 9 3/4, 44.6 24.8 cm, Drawings, Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, Siegen, 1577–1640, Antwerp, magnificent, costume, study, affecting portrait, Flemish Jesuit, missionary, China, Rubens, close ties, Jesuit college, drawing, Trigault visited, city, raise funds, recruit new, missionaries
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