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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, etcher

The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645 - 1648

Description

Maker

  • Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609 - 1664, Italian
  • Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Title

The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Year

1645 - 1648

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 36.7 x 24.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Ill.o atq. Orn.mo D. Ma. Da Meruhe D.no de Clootvijck bonar. Artium Maecenati dignissimo Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis D. D. D." and along the lower margin: "Si vendono in Roma da Gio. Iacomo de Rossi 1648 alla Pace"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

70.002

Projects & Publications

Publications

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione with the accession number of 70.002. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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