ID 887575
Lot 92 | GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-1665)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Circe changing Ulysses's Men into Beasts
etching, circa 1651, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the second, final state, printing richly, with good clarity and contrasts, with margins, minor pale foxing, a diagonal fold at upper centre, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 216 x 309 mm.
Sheet 233 x 325 mm.
Provenance
Charles Lenormant du Coudray (1712-1789), Orléans (Lugt 1704), dated 1737.
Unidentified, inscribed L [?] Aug. 4/35 (not in Lugt).
With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.
A Family Collection, USA; acquired from the above in 1977.
Literature
Bartsch 22; Bellini 60
| Artist: | Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 - 1664) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 - 1664) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
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