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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione - Pastoral Journey

Pastoral Journey (about 1650)

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

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 Entering the Ark

Noah Entering the Ark (1609–64)

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

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

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

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

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
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)
Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark

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

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)
Older Man in Profile

Older Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

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

Brustbild eines italienischen Edelmannes

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

Samson destroying the Temple of the Philistines

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

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

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

Man in Profile (circa 1645-1650)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Crucifixion

Crucifixion (circa 1660)

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

The Animals Entering Noah’s Ark

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

Young Man with a Trumpet (circa 1645-1650)

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)
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