Jean-Damascène Sallusti

Jean-Damascène Sallusti, also Giovanni Damasceno (simplified Chinese: 安德义; traditional Chinese: 安德義; pinyin: Ān Déyì; d. 1781) was an Italian missionary to China, as well as a court painter under the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

Jean-Damascène Sallusti
Died	1781
Nationality	Italian
Other names	An Deyi
Occupation(s)	Bishop of Beijing, Missionary to China, court painter under the Qianlong Emperor
Works	"Battle Copper Prints", commemorating the I-li campaign

A member of the Augustinian order, and later a Jesuit, Sallusti was (somewhat controversially) appointed Bishop of Beijing in 1778, a position he held until his death in 1781.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} 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.^[6][7] Work by Sallusti is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.^[8]

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  Battle of Kurungui
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  Battle of Yesil-kol-nor
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  The Chief of Us-Turfan Surrendering his City
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  The Emperor Greeting The Triumphant Troops Outside of the Capital
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  The Great Victory at Qurman
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  The Surrender of the Khan of Badakhsan