The Adoration of the Shepherds

1650/1655

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

This is a drawing featuring various figures, animals, and celestial beings. In the foreground, there are animals and people in dynamic poses. The central figure holds an infant. Above them, celestial figures are depicted in flowing garments. Architectural elements are visible in the background. The artwork uses a limited color palette of sepia tones and blue washes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.2 × 60.9 cm (16 1/4 × 24 in.)
    framed: 66.04 × 86.36 cm (26 × 34 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.7.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C.R. Rudolf (sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1977, lot 107); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1983-85, no. 30, repro.

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Albertina, Vienna; and Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1986, no. 31, repro.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 39, repro.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 29, repro.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 37, repro.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996, no. 74 (entry by Ann Percy).

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997 (no cat.).

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007 (no cat.).

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012 (no cat.).

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2017 (no cat.).

2020

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, no. 59 (Washington venue canceled).

2021

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 [canceled for National Gallery of Art venue], Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2021 - 2022, no. 59.

Bibliography

1981

  • de Gaigneron, Axelle. "Les Nouveaux Choix de Mr. Woodner." Connaissance des Arts. 348 (February 1981): 74-75 (repr.).

2020

  • Bober, Jonathan. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750,Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 210, no. 59.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower center in pen and brown ink: Bene Castigli:

Wikidata ID

Q64572397

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