Jean Joseph Marie Amiot was a French Jesuit priest who worked in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
Painting of Amiot, anon.
A page from Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences et les arts des Chinois, 1780.
The Qianlong Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He reigned officially from 1735 until his abdication in 1796, but retained ultimate power subsequently until his death in 1799, making him one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history as well as one of the longest-lived.
Portrait by Giuseppe Castiglione
Figurine of the three-year-old Qianlong Emperor having a bath. Artefact in Yonghe Temple, Beijing.
The young Qianlong Emperor as Prince Bao, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Inauguration Portraits of Emperor Qianlong and Empress, Cleveland Museum of Art.