Two Heads
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
8.2 × 9 cm (3 1/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81984
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.