CHEN Chin 陳進, Accordion, 1935

Godzilla sings

Carlo Sellito, Maddalena, 1610

Ainu, early 20th century, Hokkaido, Japan

Taiwan’s first ever pilot, Hsieh Wen-ta 謝文達

In 1923, in support of the 3rd Petition for a Taiwanese Parliament, Taiwan’s first ever pilot, Hsieh Wen-ta 謝文達, dropped 20,000 leaflets over Tokyo.

John Thomson, Pepohoan male, age 36 years, Baksa, Formosa, 1871.

Cuccagna

Felice Beato: The Belvedere of the God of Literature at the Summer Palace of Peking

Adam Schall von Bell S.J.

Giuseppe Castiglione S.J., Fishes, National Palace Museum, Taipei

Giuseppe Castiglione. Jesuit and Painter in the Celestial Empire, a new book presented at Curia Generalizia of the Jesuits

Giuseppe Castiglione. Jesuit and Painter in the Celestial Empire, 
edited by A. Andreini, F. Vossilla, Firenze 2015, is a collection of entries by scholars (Italian, American, Taiwanese), both lay and members of the clergy (including Fr. J. O’Malley S.J.). 

It has been sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanks to the Ambassador of the Republic of China to the Holy See Larry Yu-Yuan Wang.

Exceptionally the presentation took place in the Curia Generalizia della Compagnia di Gesù at the presence of Rev. Fr. General Adolfo Nicolas. Dr. Giuseppe De Micheli of the Opera of Santa Croce is the gentleman on the far left

Monte Nemrut: come può la bellezza essere così vicina alla distruzione

Stalag 11B near Fallingbostel, the first POW camp to be liberated:a young woman photographed two days after the British entered

PEDRO DE MENA (1628-1688), MATER DOLOROSA

Pechino: nel Giardino d' Estate in parte disegnato da Giuseppe Castiglione S.J.

Pope Francis and our book on Castiglione S.J. Papa Francesco riceve il nostro catalogo della mostra virtuale su Castiglione S.J.

Sua Eccellenza Larry Wang-Ambasciatore Plenipotenziario di Taiwan (R.O.C.) presso la Santa Sede-omaggia il primo pontefice gesuita del catalogo, che abbiamo dedicato al più famoso artista gesuita: Giuseppe Castiglione (Milano 1688- Pechino 1766). Il Coaudiure Temporale Castiglione trecento anni fa arrivò in Cina per diventare pittore di corte presso tre imperatori della dinastia Qing.

The Italian exhibit about Giuseppe Castiglione S.J. at S.Croce of Florence (October 31st.-January 31st.)

Rubens: Massimiliano d'Asburgo

Taipei

from The black bearded barbarian; the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa (1912)

George Leslie Mackay and his family, c. 1890s.

George Lesley Mackay, “The Busiest Man In All China”,

The black bearded barbarian; the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa (1912)

Nikola Šubić Zrinski, bano di Croazia

Jean Gabin and Marlène Dietrich

Fritz und Adolf

Soviet political caricature from 1941/42 of Frederick the Great spanking Hitler while Bismarck approaches with a whip

Salvator Rosa

Jacopo Ligozzi, mandragora

Teseo ed Elena di Vincenzo de' Rossi

Vienna I

Otto Dix

Things do change

Fritz Henle
Cleaning woman in MOMA, 1950s

Ingrid Bergman, Journey to Italy,1954

Ogata Kourin (1658-1716) 尾形光琳, Oak and Azalea Flowers

Cineseria giapponese di Takasawa Keiichi 高沢圭

Kudou Muramasa (1948-) 工藤村正, Jumping Carp

Unknown author, design for a songbook Songs of Milky Way 銀河の歌 from the film Milky Way 銀河 by Shimizu Hiroshi 清水宏、1931

Dennis Hopper, Roy Lichtenstein, Los Angeles 1964

Conference at Shih Chien Un. of Taipei on Italy and China

Lin Fengmian (1900-1991) 林風眠, Lady in Green Dress, 1950

Today is the day of Waterloo (Richard Ansdell, Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys capturing the eagle of the 45ème Ligne)

Raphael Sadeler II (after Pieter de Witte), Saint Michael the Archangel, 1604.

tea for peter