Subject: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Annunciation--Pictorial works--Chinese

Celestial Icons 01. The Annunciation 聖母領報 [scroll painting]
AuthorLu Hongnian 陸鴻年, 1914-1989
Place[Beijing] [北京]
Publisher---
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeArtwork (scroll painting)
SeriesCelestial Icons ; 1
ShelfRare Book Cabinet
Call NumberR01
Description28.5 x 53 cm. [41 x 135 cm. mounting]
Note

[The Annunciation] / Lu Hongnian 陸鴻年 (John Lu Hung-nien).
Inscription: "一九四八年春日太倉陸鴻年敬繪於北平" (Spring, 1948, painted by Lu Hongnian [of] Taicang [Jiangsu Province] in Beiping). Calligraphy and seal on painting.
Chinese watercolors on silk, mounted as hanging scroll.
DESCRIPTION: Untitled depiction of the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary surrounded by clouds with the dove of the Holy Spirit above. Figures and subject environment are entirely Chinese, done in the method suggested by Card. Celso Costantini during his tenure in the 1930's, and carried out in the 1940's by the Art Department of Furen Catholic University in Beijing. 

Exhibition catalog no. 13:

ANUNCIAÇÃO Seda Pequim, 1947 John Lu Hung-nien

聖母領報 緝 一九四七年， 北平 陸鴻年(若望)

THEANNUNCIATION Silk Peking, 1947 John Lu Hung-nien

 

 
Celestial Icons 03. The Annunciation of the Angel to the Shepherds 天使向牧羊人傳佈嘉訊
AuthorHua Xiaoxian 華效先 (Luke Hua 路加)
PlaceBeiping 北平
Publisher---
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeArtwork (scroll painting)
Series
ShelfRare Book Cabinet
Call NumberR03
Descriptionscroll, silk on paper
Note

[The Annunciation of the Angel to the Shepherds] / Luke Hua Xiaoxian 華效先 (路加)

Catalog item no. 2:

ANUNCIAÇÃO D0 ANJO AOS PASTORES - Seda sobre papel, 1948 Luke Hua Hsiao-hsien

天使向牧羊人傳佈嘉訊 - 緝﹒ 一九四八年 - 華效先(路加)

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE ANGEL TO THE SHEPHERDS - Silk on paper, 1948 / Luke Hua Hsiao-hsien