Small Oriental Head

c. 1645/1647

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper (an early impression)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.5 x 8.1 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.9 x 8.5 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.135.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 33, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1802

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

1959

  • Basan, p.116.

1982

  • Bellini 24.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: GBC / CASTILIONE / GENOVESE -; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: (?) 9811

Wikidata ID

Q74894053

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