Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals
Medium
Etching, touched with graphite, on ivory paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.8 × 30.8 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.1 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12584
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Castiglione was a prolific painter, etcher, and draftsman who left his native Genoa around 1630 for Rome, where he made contact with important Baroque artists, such as Nicolas Poussin and Pietro Testa.
About the Artist
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione · 1609–1664
Versatile and eclectic artist open to foreign influence which was unusual for an Italian artist of his time. Some of his best-known works are somewhat fantastical. He was court painter at Mantua from 1648. Comment on works: Religious; Landscapes; Animals; Mythology.