Shepherds Following Their Flock

c. 1655

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bert Freidus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 x 37.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.78.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Justinius Kerner, Budapest (Lugt 1567b). (Olimpia Theodoli, London); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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.

1982

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: G. Benedetto Cast[iglione]; by later hand lower center verso, in graphite: SN-; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B N.30, Castiglione fec

Watermarks

Fleur-de-lis in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q75424085

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