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Wenceslaus Hollar  (1607–1677)  wikidata:Q448555 s:en:Author:Wenceslaus Hollar q:cs:Václav Hollar
 
Wenceslaus Hollar
Description printmaker, cartographer, illustrator, graphic artist, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 13 July 1607 Edit this at Wikidata 25 March 1677 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Prague London
Work period 1600 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q448555
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English: Matteo Ricci and Ly Paulos

Print from Kircher's China Monumentis representing Matteo Ricci with Ly Paulus (Xu Guangqi) standing in front of an altar surmounted with a cross and a picture of the Virgin and Child.

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to China who became the court mathematician in Peking. He introduced Western mathematics to China and translated mathematical books into Chinese. He became the first to translate the Confucian classics into Latin. His books 'Geometrica Practica' and 'Trigonometrica' were translations of Christopher Clavius' works into Chinese. In 1584 and 1600, he published the first maps of China ever available to the West.

Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Following his meeting with Ricci, Paulo converted to Christianity and was baptised Paulus in 1604.

Matteo Ricci and Ly Paulos
Date 1669
date QS:P571,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Sheet: 410 x 256 mm; Mount: 557 mm x 403 mm
Notes Box Title: H20.6.Foreign Engravings.1500-.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/102258
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Print Room Location Code: H 20.6 1677
Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: P1488
id number: PAF7431
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