Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664
Feast of Pan
INV-4078
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664c. 1647
etchingprint
Date
c. 1647
Medium
Etching on ivory paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet; cut within plate: 22.7 × 18.4 cm (8 15/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
This etching dates from the artist’s return to Rome in 1647 and depicts a mythological subject. A satyr rests under a herm of Pan, engaging in the bacchanal indulgences of music and leisure. Around the time this print was made, Castiglione invented the printmaking technique of monotype. Castiglione's earliest known monotype, The Creation of Adam, is in the Art Institute’s collection.
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