Organization: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macao Museum of Art, Marche Region, Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao,
Liaoning Provincial Museum, Macao Foundation, Macau Ricci Institute,
Ho's Foundation of Calligraphy Arts, Mondo Mostre
Press conference: 5th August 2010, 4:00pm, Gallery of Special Exhibition I, 2nd floor of
Inauguration: 7th August 2010
Exhibition period: 8th August to 31st October 2010
Exhibition venue: Gallery of Exhibition I & II,
2nd & 3rd floor of Macao Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, Macao
Opening Hours: 10:00am - 7:00pm (no admittance after 6:30pm, closed on Mondays)
Admission Fee: MOP5 (Free admission on Sundays & public holidays)

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci. The Macao Museum of Art specially organises ¡¥The Master from the West: An Exhibition Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Passing of Matteo Ricci'. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 7th August, the day Ricci first entered Macao.

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was not only a renowned Christian missionary of the Jesuit, but also a scholar who mastered the comprehensive knowledge of the Renaissance and the Chinese classics. Besides, he was one of the most significant representatives in facilitating culture exchange between Oriental and Occidental.

Featuring over 180 pieces of art and culture relics from over 30 institutes in Italy, China, Taiwan and Macao, the exhibition presents the immortal legend of a pivotal figure in the history of exchange between China and the West.

Moreover, some world-classed cultural relics will be displayed in this exhibition. For example, the earliest exiting oil-painting in China ¡¥Portrait of Matteo Ricci' created by Emmanuel Pereira - a painter of Macao in the 17th century; ¡¥Mysterious Visual Map of the entire World' by Matteo Ricci; and also oil-paintings by Renaissance masters, such as Raphael and Tiziano Vecellio.

Portrait of Matteo Ricci
Emmanuele Yu Wen-Hui, known as Pereira (1575-1633)
Oil on canvas
Peking, 1610
Rome, Church of Gesu
Created by a Chinese painter of Macao - Emmanuele You Wenhui, this painting is theearliest oilpainting existed in China.

Eternal amidst Angels
Raffaello Sanzio, known as Raphael
Tempera on wood
XVI century
Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria - Soprintendenza Beni Storici Artistici ed Etnoantropologici dell'Umbria, Perugia (Italy)

World Map by Matteo Ricci
1603

This world map, created by Li Yingshi in 1603, is modeled on the original work of Matteo Ricci. This exceptionally valuable map, which symbolises Matteo Ricci's significance and the success of his cross-cultural mission to China, is one of the few extant copies in the world. Ricci integrated the five-continent division in compiling this map, which laid the foundation for the compilation of world maps in the times of modern China.

Divine Comedy: Infernal, Purgatory, Paradise
Dante
Venice, Alessandro Paganini, c. 1516
Printed book

Cooler Decorated with Grotesques and the "Judgement of Paris"
Urbino manufactory
Second half of XVI century Majolica,
Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere
Giovan Battista Giusti
c. 1570
Koelliker Collection

Collection of Confucian texts translated into latin
Manuscript
XVI century
Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

The Master from the West:
An Exhibition Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Passing of Matteo Ricci
Activity Series

Unveiling Ceremony of Matteo Ricci Statue
07/08/2010（Sat）10:00
Ruínas da Antiga Colégio de São Paulo (Adjacent to Ruinas de S. Paulo)

Exhibition Inauguration & Perosi Choir Presentation
07/08/2010（Sat）14:45
1st floor of Macao Museum of Art

Commemorative Envelope and Postmark Cancellation Service
07/08/2010（Sat）15:30 - 19:00
1st floor of Macao Museum of Art

Guided Tour (Cantonese & Mandarin)
11/09 - 31/10/2010
Sat 15:30 - 16:30；Sun 14:30 - 15:30 & 16:30 - 17:30
2nd floor of Macao Museum of Art

Seminars by the Macau Ricci Institute
18, 25/09/2010（Sat）
Auditorium of Macao Museum of Art