Louis Antoine de Poirot, Falcon 畫黃鷹. Ink and color on silk. Width 95 cm, Height 176.6 cm. National Palace Museum
Louis Antoine de Poirot (1735–1813) was a Jesuit painter and translator of the 18th and early 19th century, who worked in the service of the Qianlong Emperor of China. He adopted the Chinese name He Qingtai (賀清泰). He was the last of the Western painters who worked for the Qianlong Emperor, together with Father Giuseppe Panzi. The two painters replaced the more famous father Giuseppe Castiglione and Jean-Denis Attiret.[1][failed verification]
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