Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Italian, 1609-1664

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 and the Animals Entering the Ark

Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark (1650–55)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Laban Searching for Idols in Rachel’s Baggage

Laban Searching for Idols in Rachel’s Baggage (c. 1635)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Hirten und Schäferinnen mit einer Herde an der Tränke

Hirten und Schäferinnen mit einer Herde an der Tränke

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Moses’s spring water miracle

Moses’s spring water miracle

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Skægget mandshoved i profil mod venstre

Skægget mandshoved i profil mod venstre

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Noah with the animals

Noah with the animals

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Satyrn und Mänaden an einer Panherme

Satyrn und Mänaden an einer Panherme

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Tobit Burying the Dead

Tobit Burying the Dead (1640s)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

David with the Head of Goliath

David with the Head of Goliath (ca 1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1650-1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

God the Father Appearing to Jacob

God the Father Appearing to Jacob (ca. 1635–45)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Noah Entering the Ark

Noah Entering the Ark (1609–64)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Pastoral Journey with Flocks and Herds at a Stream

Pastoral Journey with Flocks and Herds at a Stream (1660–64)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Pastoral Scene; Nomads with Sheep and Cattle

Pastoral Scene; Nomads with Sheep and Cattle (1609–64)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr (1645–50)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another

Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another (1609–64)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr (1645–50)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

A Family in a Desert Landscape

A Family in a Desert Landscape (late 1640s)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

The Expulsion of Hagar

The Expulsion of Hagar (late 1640s)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Older Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Two Nymphs and a Satyr

Two Nymphs and a Satyr (1640-1647)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Bacchanal Before a Herm

Bacchanal Before a Herm (early 1660s)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Temporalis Aeternitas

Temporalis Aeternitas (1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Circe Transforms Odysseus’ Companions into Animals

Circe Transforms Odysseus’ Companions into Animals (1650 - 1655)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness

Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness (1655 - 1600)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Head of a Man (possibly a self portrait)

Head of a Man (possibly a self portrait) (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Old Bearded Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

Old Man Looking Down

Old Man Looking Down (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)

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