Online Exhibits

General Archives of the Ricci Institute

A sample of the archives.

3D Models

Interactive 3D models of rare artifacts.

Celestial Icons

Chinese Christian Paintings from the “Celestial Icons” Collection, Fu Jen Catholic University, Beijing (1946-47)

Red Manifesto

The “Red Manifesto”: Original 1716 document in Latin, Chinese, and Manchu, ordered by the Kangxi Emperor, and an important item in the Chinese Rites controversy.

Chinese Jesuit Portraits

Portraits from the Zikawei Orphanage (Shanghai) workshops. Painted for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco.