Theseus Finding Aegeus' Arms
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.2 × 20.6 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 30.9 × 21.2 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier
Accession Number
2018.113.28
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.