The Bodies of Saints Peter and Paul Hidden in the Catacombs
c. 1645/1647
Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29.6 × 20.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 30 × 20.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2019.125.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Susan Schulman Printseller, New York); purchased 2019 by NGA
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: 14
1971
Percy, Ann. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971: no. E21
1982
Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982, no. 57
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: CASTIGLONE GENOVESE / INVENT;