# 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._

4 works in the collection.

- [The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-angel-departing-from-the-family-of-tobit-aic-24932), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Creation of Adam](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-creation-of-adam-aic-105073), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/youth-playing-a-pipe-for-a-satyr-met-335663), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Genius of Castiglione](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-genius-of-castiglione-met-335668), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645–47 (published 1648). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.