Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 - 1664)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in Genoa, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione first trained there under local artist who were influenced by Mannerism, Caravaggism, and the work of Peter Paul Rubens. In 1621, Castiglione started working in Anthony van Dyck’s studio. In his early work, he favored animal paintings but also produced portraits, landscapes, and historical pieces. Castiglione moved to Rome in 1634 and remained there for a decade. He returned to Genoa and began working for the Mantuan court alongside his idol Rubens in 1648. During this period, Castiglione was inspired by Domenico Fetti and Rembrandt’s etchings. He is also credited with the printmaking technique, the monotype. Castiglione’s final works were expressive and intense much like the work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Etching circa 1648
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Feast Before the Altar of the God Terminus Date: about
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark Date: about 1650
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Man Wearing a Plumed Fur Cap and Scarf Date: 1640
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Nativity with God the Father and Angels Date: after
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Discovery of the Bodies of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Tobit Burying the Dead Date: about 1647 - 1665 Medium:
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Raising of Lazarus Date: 17th century Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Virgin Adoring the Child Date: 1655 Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Theseus Finds His Father"s Weapons Date: 1648 Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Arcadian Shepherds
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The Expulsion of Hagar
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 The Genius of Castiglione 1645-47 Etching and engraving, first
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Pan (or Marsyas) and Olympus Etching 1648
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Festival of Pan etching 17th century
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The Genius of Castiglione, ca. 1645-47, published 1648 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ("Il Grechetto") (Italian, b.
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Raising of Lazarus etching 17th century
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Pastoral Journey
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Flight Into Egypt (?) Etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Shepherd on horseback etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Looking to Front with Face in Shadow etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Looking to Front with Face in Shadow etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Angel Arousing Joseph etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Bearded Man Facing Left etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Bearded Man Facing Left etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Bearded Man Facing Left etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Pan Seated Near a Vase Etching circa 1645
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Bearded Man Facing Left etching circa 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Nativity with God the Father and Angels Etching circa 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Herdsman on Horseback Etching mid 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Philosopher Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man Etching 1645 - 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Entry Into Noah's Ark Etching circa 1650 - 1655
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Nativity with God the Father and Angels Etching circa 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) The Raising of Lazarus Etching circa 1647 - 1651
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Discovery of the Bodies of SS. Peter and Paul Etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Procession of Animals and Figures pen and brown ink and black chalk 17th century
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Artist: Il Grechetto (Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione) Title: The Immaculate Conception with Saint Francis and Anthony
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione - Journey of a Patriarch c. 1650-59 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Laban Searching Jacob's Baggage for Rachel's Idols etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Flock of Sheep Surrounding a Laden Donkey Etching late 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Circe With Companions of Ulysses Changed Into Animals Etching circa 1655
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 Tobit Burying the Dead Etching Platemark 7 7/8 x
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) A Satyr Seated Beside a Statue of Priapus (Satyr Seated at the Foot of a Term) Etching circa 1645
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Beheading of Saints Red chalk and washon laid paper mounted to heavier sheet 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Portrait of a Man with Beard and Mustache, Wearing a Cap with Large Plume (Portrait of G.L. Bernini?) Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Holding a Large Banderole, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Holding a Large Banderole, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Holding a Large Banderole, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Recto:Laban Seeking His Idols ~Verso:Landscape r: Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paperv: Pen and brown ink 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Man Wearing a Fur Cap, Facing Left, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione - Noah's Sacrifice after the Deluge 1650-1655 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr, 1609-1664 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ("Il Grechetto") (Italian, b.
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Plumed Fur Cap and a Scarf, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress Etching late 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Bearded Man Wearing a Cap Ornamented with Fur, Facing Right, from the series, Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old man Wearing a Turban Ornamented with Fur, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Old Man Wearing a Turban Ornamented with Fur, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man Wearing a Fur Headdress with a Headband, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man with a Long Beard, Wearing a Headdress and Fur Cap, Facing Right, from the series Large Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man with a Mustache, Wearing a Fur Headdress, Facing Left, from the series Large Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man Sounding a Trumpet, Wearing a Flat Cap, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Bearded Old Man Wearing a Plumed Turban, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man Sounding a Trumpet, Wearing a Flat Cap, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man With a Moustache, Wearing a Fur Headdress, Facing Left, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress Etching late 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Bearded Old Man Wearing Shoulder-Length Headdress, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Copy in reverse of Man With a Long Beard, Wearing a Headdress and Fur Cap, Facing Right, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress Etching 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Woman Wearing a Plumed Turban, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Recto: Pastoral Landscape~Verso: Sheet of Figure, Animal and Landscape Studies r: pen and brown ink on laid paper~v: pen and brown ink circa 1647 - 1651
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man with His Head Leaning Against His Shoulder, Wearing a Plumed Headdress, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Small Turban Ornamented with Plumes and Ribbon, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man with His Head Leaning Against His Shoulder, Wearing a Plumed Headdress, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Small Turban Ornamented with Plumes and Ribbon, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Small Turban Ornamented with Plumes and Ribbon, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Small Turban and a Tie Fastened Around His Neck, Facing Left, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man Wearing a Small Turban and a Tie Fastened Around His Neck, Facing Left, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man with His Eyes Lowered, Wearing a Cap Ornamented with Plumes, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man with His Eyes Lowered, Wearing a Cap Ornamented with Plumes, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Young Man with His Head Lowered,Wearing a Turban, Facing Left, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Man with a Beard and Mustache, Wearing a Tassled Headdress, Facing Left, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress Etching late 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Bearded Old Man With His Head Leaning Forward, Wearing a Skullcap, Facing Right, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress Etching late 17th century
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Gaetano Zompini The Flight into Egypt, after Castiglione Etching 18th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Bearded Old Man, with Head and Eyes Lowered,Wearing a Turban Ornamented with Fur; Other Studies, Lightly Traced, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Gaetano Zompini, Italian, 1700-1778 After Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 Formerly attributed to Anton
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto) Christ on the Cross Appearing to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, reverse study for the altarpiece in Santa Maria della Cella, Sampierdarena Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper circa 1645
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Gaetano Zompini, Italian, 1700-1778 After Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 Formerly attributed to Anton
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Gaetano Zompini, Italian, 1700-1778 After Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 Formerly attributed to Anton
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–about 1665 Pastorale: A Group of Figures Resting in a Landscape
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Antonio Maria Zanetti The Education in Music of the young Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after Castiglione Etching 1758
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Il Grechetto - The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua 1650 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Antonio Maria Zanetti The Education in Geography of the young Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after G. B. Castiglione Etching printed in sepia ink 1752
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Salvatore Castiglione The Raising of Lazarus Etching 1645
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Hamlet Winstanley Two Goats Etching 1728
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Jacobus Coelemans [Jacob seeing Laban] 17th - 18th century
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Jacobus Coelemans Omnia Vanitas: All Things of Vanity or Emptiness 17th - 18th century
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Johann Georg Leopold Hertel the Younger Portrait of Rembrandt 18th century
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Tobit Burying the Dead, 1640s Andrea di Lione (Italian, Neapolitan, 1610-1685)Oil on canvas; 50 1/4
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Giovanni Domenico Rossi The Tomb of Urban VIII, after Gianlorenzo Bernini Engraving 17th century
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Gaetano Zompini Chiron Exercising the Art of Magic from a series, the Education of Achilles etching circa 1750
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Francesco Zuccarelli Women with a Censer, and a Man Addressing Them, after Giovanni di S. Giovanni Etching 18th century
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Giovanni Bellini - Giovanni Emo c. 1475-1480 oil on panel transfe National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giovanni Domenico Rossi Garden of Belvedere with the Palace of the Pope in the Vatican Hand colored engraving 17th century

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Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Restoring a Masterpiece: Castiglione Conservation Project
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Musee d'Orsay: The Comtesse de Castiglione (Florence 1837 - Paris 1899)
The name of Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is linked to Second Empire political and courtly intrigues, to the glamour of the Court at the Tuileries and to th...
Louvre Museum: Pieter Boel, Painter of Louis XIV's Animals - The collection of painted studies from the Gobelins
Since more than a century onwards, Pieter Boel' s studies, there are 80 of th...
Esso Gallery: Nzingah Muhammad: Objects of Investigation
. The resulting series of works is entitled "Objects of Investigation", in which the artist investigates contemporary reality (the Muslim community in the US), which is perhaps just a matter of culture. Reality is falsified and here the photograp...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: The Artist Observed: Portraits and Self-Portraits
Included are works by such influential artists as Anthony Van Dyck, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, James McNeill Whistler, Auguste Rodin, Oskar Kokoschka, and Ansel Adams. Their observations create a lively narrative across fo...
Musee d'Orsay: Robert de Montesquiou or the art of showing off
often befalls a few selected characters to embody the social and cultural background of a precise period in time through their tastes, aspirations and fame, and also th...

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