Peasant Family with Sheep and Dog
Medium
Pen and brush and brown ink, with touches of white gouache and red wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
28.1 × 37.6 cm (11 1/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
6883
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.