Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man
1640/1647
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
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.2 x 30.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1997.16.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(R.G. Michel, Paris); purchased, with funds from Neil Phillips, by NGA, 1997.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: G.BENED. CASTglion / in P.; lower center in plate: Al Sig: Nicolo Simonelli Mio Sigre / ...
Watermarks
Circle or orb
Wikidata ID
Q75403618