The Flight into Egypt
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 20.6 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 20.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
58586
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.