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Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep
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Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep

Medium

Oil on copper

Dimensions

19 × 17 in. (48.3 × 43.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Errol M. Rudman, 2020

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

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.