Two shepherds, a donkey and other animals in a landscape
ca. 1638–1640
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 3/16 in. (24.5 x 31 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, in memory of William E. Suida, 1983
Accession Number
1983.1216.6
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) · 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...