Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

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Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
Date: 1617
Medium: Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Dimensions: 17 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (44.6 x 24.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Carl Selden Trust, several members of The Chairman's Council, Gail and Parker Gilbert, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1999
Accession no.: 1999.222

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Peter Paul Rubens
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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00000310
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Peter Paul Rubens
1609–10 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000600
The Adoration of the Eucharist
Peter Paul Rubens
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000840
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Peter Paul Rubens
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000862

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.