Actually, it's from this:
The Life of Christ by Giulio Aleni (1637) is a picture-narration of the life of Jesus drawn by that early Jesuit missionary for the Church in China. It contains almost 60 engraved images, probably the earliest and definitely the most precious collection of Chinese icons.I think you could safely describe his style as "busy". Not always great with faces, though. Have a look at this detail from next page, on the Presentation at the Temple, which features, if I am not mistaken, the (rarely depicted these days) circumcision of a not very bothered baby Jesus:
You can't half tell that the illustrator is Italian, from the way everyone is dressed, especially the kids and Joseph. And as for the faces of Jesus and the kid in the front...I guess engravings are hard to re-start from scratch.
Anyway, have a good Christmas season, readers.
2 comments:
Have a good one my friend.
It is a very smokey Christmas
Steve,
Trust you had a great Xmas and all the best for the New Year. Very much appreciate your posts.
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