Old Man Wearing a Turban Ornamented with Fur, Facing Right, from Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress
Medium
Etching in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 11 × 8.1 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 17.3 × 13.9 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
229684
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.