Temporalitas Aeternitas
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.9 x 25.9 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 22 x 30.1 cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2004.116.1
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.