The Bodies of Saints Peter and Paul Hidden in the Catacombs

c. 1645/1647

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.9 x 20.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.70.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 95.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65568970

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