Melancholia
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
before 1647
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet; cut within plate: 21.7 × 11.7 cm (8 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
94079
Rights
Public Domain
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.