CHINA - MACAO - Portrait of "Charle Thomas MAILLARD de TOURNON, Patriarch of Antioch Cardinal of the S.E.R. Legat Alatere for the Missions of China, died in MACAO on June 8, 1710, aged 42 years". 18th century. Etching and burin engraving. Proof on laid paper, cut to the subject and formerly glued by the corners on a cream laid paper. Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon, first appointed Latin Patriarch of Antioch in 1701 and then Apostolic Visitor in charge of promoting the Catholic faith in China and the East Indies the following year, he was exiled and handed over to the Portuguese in Macao after various disputes with the Chinese emperor Kangxi over the relationship between Christianity and Chinese rites. 24,8 x 17,7 cm. Condition B (Small stain on the frame lower right).