Raising of Lazarus (recto); Travelers with Cart Outside Inn (verso)
Medium
Pen and black ink, and red chalk, with brush and gray wash (recto), and brush and black ink and black wash (verso), on cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.1 × 41.8 cm (10 11/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112708
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.