Theseus Finding Aegeus' Arms
c. 1645
Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664
Publisher, Italian, active 17th century

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.9 × 20.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2018.113.27
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 24
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821, no. 24
1971
Percy, Ann. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971: no. E12
1982
Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982, no. 13, iii/iii
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Gio Bened.to CASTIlone in. p; lower right in plate: Io Jac.mo ROssi form. Roma 1542 alla Pace