Old man reading
| Reference: | S37787 |
| Author | Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE detto "Il Grechetto" |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 90 x 139 mm |
€2,000.00
| Reference: | S37787 |
| Author | Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE detto "Il Grechetto" |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 90 x 139 mm |
€2,000.00
Description
Etching, 1650 circa, signed at upper left with monogram GB, followed by the surname CASTILONE. The only state.
This etching is attribued to Catiglione for the presence of the artist’s last name, composed in the same way as his monogram and signature in other works, and similar to the artist’s signature included in his two portrait series. Furthermore, the placement of the signature is analogous. A possible contradiction to this attribution is presented by the strong similarities this etching displays to a series of four works not etched by Castiglione (TIB, 097-100).
Excellent example, printed on contemporary laid paper, white margins of 0,8 mm circa, with partial and unreadable watermark, in very good condition.
A very rare work; Paolo Bellini describes only 5 institutional examples.
Bibliografia
P. Bellini in TIB (1985), 4602.069.
Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE detto "Il Grechetto" (Genova 1616 - Mantova 1670)
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His origin and his edication in Genua led Castiglione to make acquaitance with the Flemish painting, especially through Jaan Roos e Van Dyck from whom he took the warm, vibrating chromatism.
He lived in Rome from 1632 to 1635 and from 1647 to 1651; among the two periods in Rome, he lived in Naples and he also started studying the intellectualistic classicism of Poussin.
His favourite subjects, both in painting and engraving, were taken from the classical moralism of Stoicism, very typical in Poussin, which enabled him to create his own peculiar repertoire, much more refined in comparison with contemporary artists.
He spent his last working years in Mantua, at the Duke’s Palace; the production of this period enhances his chromatism and the visionary elements of his previous production.
Castiglione has been a silful engraver; he loved this particular art for he thought it was the main mean to widespread his iconography. He was the first, in Italy, to appreciate and imitate Rembrandt.
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Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE detto "Il Grechetto" (Genova 1616 - Mantova 1670)
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His origin and his edication in Genua led Castiglione to make acquaitance with the Flemish painting, especially through Jaan Roos e Van Dyck from whom he took the warm, vibrating chromatism.
He lived in Rome from 1632 to 1635 and from 1647 to 1651; among the two periods in Rome, he lived in Naples and he also started studying the intellectualistic classicism of Poussin.
His favourite subjects, both in painting and engraving, were taken from the classical moralism of Stoicism, very typical in Poussin, which enabled him to create his own peculiar repertoire, much more refined in comparison with contemporary artists.
He spent his last working years in Mantua, at the Duke’s Palace; the production of this period enhances his chromatism and the visionary elements of his previous production.
Castiglione has been a silful engraver; he loved this particular art for he thought it was the main mean to widespread his iconography. He was the first, in Italy, to appreciate and imitate Rembrandt.
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