Numa Pompilius Giving the Laws to the Romans

Giovanni Battista GalestruzziWW-1635-005208

1635·Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and touches of pink gouache, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper·22.3 × 30.3 cm (8 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1635
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and touches of pink gouache, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 22.3 × 30.3 cm (8 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi

Artist

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi

Painting

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1618–1677) was an Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was a pupil of the painter Francesco Furini, then moved to Rome, where he joined the Accademia di San Luca in 1652. He was an accomplished etcher and produced works for Leonardo Agostini’s book 'Le gemme antiche figurate' (1657–1659). The Roman Baroque painter and engraver Giovanni Francesco Venturini was probably his pupil.

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