Theseus Finding Aegeus' Arms

c. 1645

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

This is a drawing of classical ruins with a large vase and a ceremonial scene. The drawing features a grand urn or vase adorned with intricate relief work set amidst a scene of classical ruins. On the left side, there is a tree with detailed foliage, while a rocky outcropping or large stone block lies nearby. In the foreground, there are figures involved in a ceremonial action, with stone structures and bas-reliefs depicting human forms and mythical creatures visible on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.2 × 20.6 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.9 × 21.2 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Akim Gregorowitsch Bernfeld [1845-1915] Vienna (Lugt 127). 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.

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, no.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: GIO BENED. CASTILONE in; lower right in plate: Jo. Jac.mo Rossi form Romae 1648 alla Pace; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: --50. Einle 88 (?); LLM(?) (not in Lugt)

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