Jean-Damascène Sallusti (An Deyi) (; d. 1781) was an Italian missionary to
China
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, as well as a court painter under the
Qianlong Emperor
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of the
Qing dynasty.
A member of the
Augustinian order, and later a
Jesuit
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, Sallusti was (somewhat controversially) appointed
Bishop of Beijing
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing ( la, Archidioecesis Pechimensis) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese in the People's Republic of China.
Special churches
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in 1778, a position he held until his death in 1781.
As a painter, he was a contemporary of
Giuseppe Castiglione and
Ignatius Sichelbart
Ignatius Sichelbart also Sickelbart, Sickelpart; Chinese 艾啟蒙 / 艾启蒙 Ài Qǐměng or Ai Ch'i-meng; (September 26, 1708 Nejdek – October 6, 1780 Beijing), was a German- Bohemian Jesuit missionary and painter.
After his noviti ...
, and with them was responsible for the creation of the Emperor's "Battle Copper Prints", commemorating the I-li campaign.
Work by Sallusti is held in the collection of the
Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Jesuit missionaries in China
Jesuit bishops
Qing dynasty painters
1781 deaths
Year of birth unknown
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian Jesuits
Italian Roman Catholic missionaries
Italian emigrants to China
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