Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664
A Pagan Sacrifice
INV-2881
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664c. 1645–50
A Pagan Sacrifice
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664 →oil paintings (visual works)drawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1645–50
Medium
Oil paint on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
57.6 × 42.5 cm (22 11/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
This monumental painting on paper, formerly in the collection of Lord Kenneth Clark, is a superb example of Castiglione's mature style. It demonstrates not only the impact of artists he encountered in Rome, such as Rubens and Poussin, but also the audacious technical innovations he initiated, painting fluently with pigment and oil on paper. The obscure pagan subject was undoubtedly aimed at a select and erudite Roman audience.
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