The Madonna and Child, c. 1655

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut within platemark at top): 43.4 x 31.1 cm (17 1/16 x 12 1/4 in.)

sheet: 43.6 x 31500 cm (17 3/16 x 12401 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth Cole Kainen Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 8, State i/ii

Accession Number

2005.71.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (artist) Italian, 1609 - 1664

Image Use

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Inscription

none

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

(Silverio Salamon, L'Arte Antica, Turin); (Hill-Stone Inc., New York, 1993); Samuel Josefowitz; E. van Otterloo; (R. M. Light, Santa Barbara); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

L'Arte Antica
Light, Robert M., Mr.

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 40.

2012: The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1971: Percy, Ann. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971.

1982: Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982.