Man with a Beard and a Tassled Headdress, Facing Left
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
c. 1645/1647
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18 × 15 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 23.2 cm (12 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.) framed: 40.01 × 32.39 cm (15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Florian Carr Fund
Accession Number
2014.73.4
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.