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The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Not on view
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione portrayed his artistic "genius" in the form of a recumbent river god surrounded by symbols of fame (trumpets), immortality (laurel wreath), productivity (birds, rabbit), learning (book), and the arts (sheet of music, paintbrushes, palette).
- Artist
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto)
- Publisher
- Giovanni Jacopo Rossi (Giovanni Iacomo de Rubeis)
- Title
- The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
- Date
- 1648
- Object Type
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 367 x 247 mm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.) cropped within platemark
- Credit Line
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
- Accession Number
- 1963.30.36575