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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Christ on the Cross Adored by Angels, ca. 1650-60

Description

Maker

Title

Christ on the Cross Adored by Angels

Year

ca. 1650-60

Medium

oil paint on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

37.8 x 26.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches)

Type

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.300

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Castiglione was a highly innovative artist who may have invented the use of brush drawing with oil on paper, the technique evident here. Like the Cambiaso drawing at left, Castiglione provided the barest of descriptive detail in his sketch. The artist’s brushy, colored sketch accentuates, in shorthand form, the emotional power of the subject.

Use

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