An Angel Appearing to a Journeying Patriarch

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An Angel Appearing to a Journeying Patriarch

After c. 1660

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) (Italian, 1609–1664)

Castiglione, who followed a peripatetic track from Genoa to Rome, Naples, Mantua, Parma, and Venice during his career, is particularly known for this type of scene, in which Old Testament patriarchs are shown journeying with herds of animals. He repeated variants of this subject in paintings, drawings, etchings, and monotypes throughout his working life.

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Object Details

Title:

An Angel Appearing to a Journeying Patriarch

Date:

After c. 1660

Artist:

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) (Italian, 1609–1664)

Medium:

Brush and red-brown and gray-brown oil paint on cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.6 x 53.9 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Matthew Carey Lea bequest of 1898 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund (by exchange), 1984

Accession Number:

1984-56-37

Geography:

Made in Genoa, Italy, Europe

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