The Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1640/1645
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.3 × 20.4 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 30.2 × 21.4 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.) mount: 45.4 × 32.3 cm (17 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier
Accession Number
2018.113.30
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.