Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (from Vincent Cronin's The Wise Man from the West.) Painted in 1610 by the Chinese brother Emmanuel Pereira (born Yu Wen-hui), who had learned his art from the Italian Jesuit, Giovanni Nicolao.
Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (from Vincent Cronin's The Wise Man from the West.) Painted in 1610 by the Chinese brother Emmanuel Pereira (born Yu Wen-hui), who had learned his art from the Italian Jesuit, Giovanni Nicolao.
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