Painting of Jesus reciting his lessons Catholic artist Gao Tihan completed this painting portraying Jesus and Mary in Beijing before the Communist revolution of 1949.

All photos: Courtesy of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History

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Dedicated to East-West cultural exchange, the research center houses thousands of rare artworks, books, and manuscripts.