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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Italian, 1609-1664
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette.

Castiglione was born in Genoa. His early training is unclear. He may have studied with Sinibaldo Scorza. Wittkower describes him as a "passionate student" of Anthony van Dyck, who arrived in 1621, and Peter Paul Rubens, who stayed in the city in the first decade of the 17th century and whose paintings were readily accessible there. He may have trained under the Genoese Bernardo Strozzi. He lived in Rome from 1634 to about 1645, then returned to Genoa. He also traveled to Florence and Naples. He was back in Rome in 1647, before moving in 1651 to be a court artist in Mantua for Duke Carlo II and his wife Isabella Chiara de Austria. He died in Mantua.

He painted portraits, historical pieces and landscapes, but chiefly excelled in fairs, markets and rural scenes with animals. Noah's ark and the animals entering the Ark was a favorite subject of his.

Castiglione was a brilliant draftsman and pioneered the development of the oil sketch (often using a mixture of mediums) as a finished work - previously they had been used only for working studies for another finished piece, for example by Rubens. He returned to the same subjects over and over again, but with significantly different compositions each time.

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Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark

Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark (c. 1645)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Landscape
Samson destroying the Temple of the Philistines

Samson destroying the Temple of the Philistines

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Animals entering Noah’s Ark

Animals entering Noah’s Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Arcadian Shepherds

Arcadian Shepherds (about 1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Figurative
Journey of the Family of Abraham

Journey of the Family of Abraham (between 1650 and 1660)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Crucifixion

Crucifixion (circa 1660)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross (c. 1650 - 1659)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Noah’s Sacrifice after the Deluge

Noah’s Sacrifice after the Deluge (1650-1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Pastoral Journey

Pastoral Journey (about 1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Figurative
A Bearded Man Wearing A Turban

A Bearded Man Wearing A Turban

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Figurative
Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Saint Francis in Ecstasy (ca. 1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep

Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep (late 1640s)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Landscape
The Oath of Abraham’s Servant

The Oath of Abraham’s Servant (c. 1650-1659)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Jacob’s Journey

Jacob’s Journey (1633)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Landscape
The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua

The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua (1649–50)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus

Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus (1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Figurative
The Animals Entering Noah’s Ark

The Animals Entering Noah’s Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
The Angel Appearing To The Shepherds

The Angel Appearing To The Shepherds

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Religion
Fünf Affen in verschiedenen Stellungen

Fünf Affen in verschiedenen Stellungen

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Young Man in Profile Facing Right

Young Man in Profile Facing Right (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Old Bearded Man with a Turban

Old Bearded Man with a Turban (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Young Man in Profile

Young Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Young Man Looking Down

Young Man Looking Down (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Young Man with a Trumpet

Young Man with a Trumpet (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Zwei Männer, Frau und Kind an einer Wasserstelle zwischen antiken Architekturfragmenten

Zwei Männer, Frau und Kind an einer Wasserstelle zwischen antiken Architekturfragmenten

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Adoration of the shepherds

Adoration of the shepherds

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Brustbild eines italienischen Edelmannes

Brustbild eines italienischen Edelmannes

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Das Martyrium des Heiligen Bartholomäus

Das Martyrium des Heiligen Bartholomäus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Frau mit Kind auf einem Esel reitend, ein junger Mann zu Fuß nebenher gehend

Frau mit Kind auf einem Esel reitend, ein junger Mann zu Fuß nebenher gehend

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
Hirten mit Pferd, Esel und Schafherde in einer Felsenlandschaft

Hirten mit Pferd, Esel und Schafherde in einer Felsenlandschaft

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Drawings
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