The Animals Going toward the Ark
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1650/1655
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.7 × 39.8 cm (8 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.) framed: 44.45 × 59.69 cm (17 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1992.107.1
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.