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Man in profile facing right, wearing a fur hat, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"
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Man in profile facing right, wearing a fur hat, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 8 cm) sheet: 9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

1609–1664Republic of Genoa

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.