Two Nymphs and a Satyr

1640/1647

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.7 x 13.9 cm (3 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
    support: 19.2 x 23.4 cm (7 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1975.71.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl Spencer (Lugt 1530). (sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1975, no. 105). (Yvonne tan Bunzi); acquired 1975 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Italian 17th Century Drawings from British Private Collections, Edinburgh Festival, 1972, no. 32, repro.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2012

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

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower right: B Castili; lower left on mount: 1/2 the Lat? / 176 L1-; across bottom on mount: Castiglione / Coll Earl Spencer; upper center verso: A / No.46

Wikidata ID

Q64572394


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