A Chinese Scroll Painting by Lang Shi Ning Wide:930cm Height:93cmGiuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766） was a Catholic Jesuit monk and painter, born in Milan, Italy.In 1715 (the 54th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty）, he came to China to preach and immediately joined the imperial palace as a palace painter.After experiencing the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties, he engaged in painting in China for more than 50 years and participated in the design of the Western Tower in the Yuanmingyuan.He was one of the top ten palace painters of the Qing Dynasty.