The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)
Medium
Red oil paint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
41.9 × 54.6 cm (16 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Classification
oil paintings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
24932
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.