Small Oriental Head, c. 1645/1647

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series Title

Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress [B. 32-47]

Medium

etching on laid paper (a later impression)

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.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 33, State only

Accession Number

1991.135.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (artist) Italian, 1609 - 1664

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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.