Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat

c. 1645/1647

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

The image shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a person facing slightly towards the left with their head tilted. The facial features are obscured by detailed etching, with the eyes and mouth faintly discernible. The individual wears a large, feathered hat dominating the upper part of the image, and extended hair or material adds to the texture. They have a shawl or cloth around their neck, with no visible jewelry or objects. The background is plain, with the inscriptions "Castiglione" and "Genovese" in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18 x 14.7 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.2 x 15 cm (7 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.113.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 52

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, London, Christie's, 27 June 1996, lot 55); purchased (via Artemis) by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

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

Bibliography

1802

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

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: CASTILIONE / GENOVESE; by later hand, on mount, lower right in graphite: No. 13

Wikidata ID

Q75398928

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