Joseph Awakened by the Angel

1635/1640

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

The image displays an etching featuring a woman standing or kneeling on the right side, with her body slightly turned, head lowered, and hands holding a swaddled infant. Her head is covered with a draped cloth, and she is wearing flowing robes. On the left side, there are figures, one of which seems to have wings. The scene is set in a rustic setting with animals in the foreground, including a donkey. The background is sketched with lines and hatching for texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 13.7 x 18.9 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.84.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.L. Mayer, DUBLETTE ...?

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate in reverse, barely visible: Benedetto Cast.; lower right in plate below preceding inscription: G.B. Castilione fecit

Wikidata ID

Q74044449

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