The Holy Family on their flight into Egypt
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/16 in. (30 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.323
Tags
AngelsHorsesSheepHoly Family
About the Artist
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)|Giovanni Domenico de Rossi · 1609–1664
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, known as Il Grechetto, was baptized on March 23, 1609, in Genoa and died on May 5, 1664, in Mantua. Born into a large family, he collaborated closely with his brother Salvatore, an artist who shared his talents, and later taught his son Francesco, whose works were sometimes confused with his own. His parents placed him in the studio of Giovanni Battista Paggi, where...