The Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1640/1645
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.6 × 20.7 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 30.5 × 21.4 cm (12 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.66
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.