Jean-Damascène Sallusti

Died 1781

Jean-Damascène Sallusti was an Italian missionary to China, as well as a court painter under the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
A member of the Augustinian order, and later a Jesuit, Sallusti was appointed Bishop of Beijing in 1778, a position he held until his death in 1781. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Giuseppe Castiglione and Ignatius Sichelbart, and with them was responsible for the creation of the Emperor's "Battle Copper Prints", commemorating the I-li campaign. Work by Sallusti is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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