Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609–1664
Born in Genoa; died in Mantua.
Castiglione, nicknamed Il Grechetto, trained in his native Genoa and worked in Rome before becoming court painter to the Gonzaga in Mantua. He painted pastoral journeys of the patriarchs crowded with animals and vessels, but his most original work is on paper: he invented the monotype, painting an image on a plate and pressing it onto a sheet, and made bold drawings with a brush loaded with oil paint. His etchings show the influence of Rembrandt.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1637–1650
- Mostly
- Drawing and Watercolor, Drawings, Prints
- Movement
- BaroqueDrama, movement and deep shadow in European art of the 1600s.
- Courtesy of
- The Art Institute of Chicago, The Met
