Portrait of a Seated Ecclesiastic and a Standing Boy
c. 1610
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
14.5 × 12.1 cm (5 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.)
Classification
ink with wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84642
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings department of the Institute of Chicago resides a charming preparatory drawing by Genoese artist Bernardo Castello *Portrait of a Seatedclesiastic and a Standing*, created around 1610. This intimate work, measuring just 14.5 × 12.1 cm, a cleric seated thoughtfully with a young boy standing attentively beside him. Executed on ivory laid paper with pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash over faint graphite traces, it exemplifies refined techniques of early 17th-century Italian draughtsmanship. Castello (c. 1557–1629), a prominent figure in Genoa's artistic s...
About the Artist
Bernardo Castello · 1557–1629
He may have been born in Genoa. Comment on works: Landscapes