The Madonna and Child
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate (cut within platemark at top): 43.4 x 31.1 cm (17 1/16 x 12 1/4 in.) sheet: 43.6 x 31500 cm (17 3/16 x 12401 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth Cole Kainen Fund
Accession Number
2005.71.1
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.