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Noah and the animals entering the ark
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Noah and the animals entering the ark

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (27 × 46 cm) Plate: 8 1/16 × 15 3/4 in. (20.4 × 40 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018

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.