Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a paint painting by the Baroque artist After Giuseppe Castiglione. It dates from 1777 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Created in 1777, this small silk painting presents a solitary white horse poised on a rugged incline.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The imagery focuses on the animal within a natural setting, reflecting the artistic conventions of Chinese painting during that period.
The work is a landscape painting that depicts a horse as its primary subject. Created in 1777 by an anonymous artist working in the style of Giuseppe Castiglione, the piece belongs to the landscape genre rather than a narrative or portrait tradition. The imagery focuses on the animal within a natural setting, reflecting the artistic conventions of Chinese painting during that period.
As an album leaf executed in color on silk, the composition prioritizes the visual representation of the horse within its environment without additional symbolic layers documented in the available records.
Technique & Style
The work is executed in color on silk, taking the form of an album leaf. Classified as a painting, it belongs to the landscape genre and depicts a horse. The silk support measures 32.4 cm in height by 28.6 cm in width, and the piece was produced in China in 1777. The attribution is to an anonymous painter working after Giuseppe Castiglione.
No information is provided regarding the specific handling of the pigments, the condition of the silk support, or the formal and stylistic qualities of the brushwork.
History & Provenance
Untitled is an album leaf painted in 1777 in China, executed in color on silk and depicting a horse. The work is attributed to an anonymous follower of Giuseppe Castiglione and is classified as a landscape painting, measuring 32.4 by 28.6 cm. It is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York; no earlier owners, sale records, or specific exhibition history are documented in the available sources.
Context
Untitled, dated 1777, is an album leaf painted in color on silk and classified as a landscape painting that depicts a horse. Attributed to an artist after Giuseppe Castiglione and measuring 32.4 × 28.6 cm, the work was produced in China and is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The piece exemplifies the genre of Chinese landscape albums from the late 18th century and reflects the broader tradition of cross-cultural artistic exchange evident in museum holdings of similar works.
Overview
Created in 1777, this small silk painting presents a solitary white horse poised on a rugged incline. A groom in a vivid red garment holds the reins, while another attendant kneels nearby, adjusting the horse’s stirrup. The composition captures a moment of quiet preparation within a natural landscape.
Artist & collection
Artist
After Giuseppe Castiglione is an attribution used for paintings made in the manner of, or copied after, Giuseppe Castiglione rather than by his own hand.
