The Raising of Lazarus
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate/image: 22.7 × 31.6 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Sheet: 28.8 × 37.4 cm (11 3/8 × 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
184804
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.