Shepherd on Horseback

late 17th century

Italian 17th Century (Giovanni Santagostino?), after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Italian 17th Century

Artist

Giovanni Santagostino

Artist, Italian, active late 17th century

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist After, Italian, 1609 - 1664

The image shows a pastoral setting with a high horizon, rolling hills, detailed textures, and shading created by fine lines in an etching style. The color palette is monochromatic, with various shades of sepia or light brown. In the foreground, there is a flock of sheep, and in the background, a figure is mounted on a donkey holding a shepherd's staff, surrounded by more sheep. In the right, there is a grove of trees, and the left side opens to a distant landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.7 × 24.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
    mount: 20.2 × 26.3 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 28, undesc. reverse copy

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Casa Perego, Milan (not in Lugt). Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent to Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 28, undesc. reverse copy

1982

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982, no. 5, undesc. copy.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Gio Ben Castiglionus in; lower right in image: Io. An S. Avgvstinvs De; by later hand, verso in graphite: [not deciphered] ; B. 28

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