Half-Length Figure of a Woman Looking Sideward

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss (in the manner of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione)

Associated Names
Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss

Artist, German, 1740 - 1814

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Related Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

The image is an etching depicting the upper torso of a person in a slight recline, with their head turned downward and slightly to the left. The person's facial features include a somber expression with detailed, delicately rendered eyes, nose, and mouth. The individual has loosely wavy hair falling around the face, partially covered by a cloth headscarf or wrap tied at the back or atop their head. The clothing shown is a textured garment draped around the shoulders with loose, flowing lines. The person's arms are resting in front of the body. The background consists of textured lines implying vegetation or a neutral space. The etching has a border, and in the upper left corner, the text "CASTIONE" is visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrée and Jonathan Bober

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.7 x 6.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.1 x 7.5 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.121.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 32, State ii/ii (undesc)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2012

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

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 32, ii/ii (undesc state).

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: G / CASTILONE; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: B-5130 / -35 / L=20

Wikidata ID

Q76560376

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