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Looking East: Rubens’s Encounter with Asia
J. Paul Getty Trust, The, 2013
eISBN: 978-1-60606-159-6 | Paper: 978-1-60606-131-2 Library of Congress Classification NC266.R8L66 2013
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Peter Paul Rubens’s fascinating depiction of a man wearing Korean costume of around 1617, in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, has been considered noteworthy since it was made. Published to accompany an exhibition of Rubens’s Man in Korean Costume at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 5 to June 9, 2013, Looking East: Rubens’s Encounter with Asia explores the various facets of Rubens’s compelling drawing of this Asian man that appears in later Rubens works. This large drawing was copied in Rubens’s studio during his own time and circulated as a reproductive print in the eighteenth century. Despite the drawing’s renown, however, the reasons why it was made and whether it actually depicts a specific Asian person remain a mystery. The intriguing story that develops involves a shipwreck, an unusual hat, the earliest trade between Europe and Asia, the trafficking of Asian slaves, and the role of Jesuit missionaries in Asia. See other books on: 1577-1640 | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Exhibitions | Individual Artists | J. Paul Getty Museum See other titles from J. Paul Getty Trust, The |
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