Ignatius Sichelbart also Sickelbart, Sickelpart; Chinese 艾啓蒙 / 艾启蒙 Ài Qǐměng or Ai Ch'i-meng; (September 26, 1708 Nejdek – October 6, 1780 Beijing), was a German-Bohemian Jesuit missionary and painter.
After his novitiate in Brno and the study of theology in Olomouc, Sichelbart was assigned as the missionary to China's Provincial Government in 1745. He was joined on the mission by two other painters Giuseppe Castiglione and Jean Denis Attiret. Together while in China, the artists combined their European techniques with traditional Chinese painting to create new styles.
After successful military campaigns known as the Ten Great Campaigns in Central Asia, the Qianlong Emperor commissioned depictions of the battles. The work was carried out by the Jesuit artists, among them Sichelbart. The group produced 16 tableaux, which were engraved in France in 1774. As a reward for his service and work, he was promoted to director of the Imperial Painting Academy and court painter to the Emperor. Sichelbart died in Beijing in 1780. He was buried in the Jesuits' Zhalan Cemetery.
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依納爵·西歇爾巴特（Ignatius Sichelbart），（1708年 - 1780年），漢名
艾啟蒙，字
醒庵，波西米亞（今屬捷克）人，天主教耶穌會傳教士。
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生平
他乾隆十年（1745年）來到中國，師從郎世寧學畫，很快受到清廷重視，奉召入內廷供奉。
他擅長人物、走獸、翎毛類繪畫，與郎世寧、王致誠、安德義被人稱為四洋畫家，形成新體畫風。
他已知的作品有紫光閣武功圖中《準噶爾戰功圖》（乾隆二十年，1755年）；孝聖皇后八旬萬壽（乾隆三十六年，1771年），《香山九老圖》，著錄于《國朝院畫錄》；《十駿圖》（乾隆三十七年）。《寶吉騮圖》軸（乾隆三十八年，1773年），絹本，設色，現均藏於臺灣國立故宮博物院。
作品
File:bailutu.jpg|百鹿圖 42.5×423.7厘米，臺灣國立故宮博物院 藏。
File:baojiliutu.jpg|寶吉騮圖 縱228.5厘米、橫275厘米，臺灣國立故宮博物院 藏。
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