Small Oriental Head

c. 1645/1647

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper (a later impression)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.8 x 8.1 cm (4 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.135.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 33, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1959

  • Basan, p.116.

1982

  • Bellini 24.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: GBC / CASTILIONE / GENOVESE -; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: B. 33; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: (?) 9811

Wikidata ID

Q74894049


You may be interested in

Loading Results