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Giuseppe Castiglione

Portraits of the Qianlong Emperor and His Twelve Consorts

1736–70s
Handscroll; ink and color on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Lingfei 令妃 (1727–1775), the first consort depicted in the maroon or “incense-colored" 香色 robe, was the mother of six of Qianlong’s children, including the future Emperor Jiaqing.

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