Young Shepherd on Horseback
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19 × 25.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 19.1 × 25.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2016.166.1
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.