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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

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

Description

Maker

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609 - 1664, Italian

Title

Christ on the Cross Adored by Angels

Year

ca. 1650-60

Medium

Brush drawing, brown and red-brown paint with blue, white, and red touches

Materials/Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

paper

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

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

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.

Treasures on Paper

June 13 - August 19, 1989

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Visions and Revisions

October 18 - November 24, 1968

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953

Use

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