Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664
Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-16641650–51
Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664 →etchingprint
Date
1650–51
Medium
Etching, touched with graphite, on ivory paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.8 × 30.8 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.1 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard
Castiglione was a prolific painter, etcher, and draftsman who left his native Genoa around 1630 for Rome, where he made contact with important Baroque artists, such as Nicolas Poussin and Pietro Testa.
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