The Nativity with God the Father and Angels
<p>Although he was Genoese by birth, Giovanni Battista Castiglione worked among the greatest artists in Baroque Rome. A prolific painter, etcher, and draftsman, he produced several innovative renditions of the Nativity. The epic horizontal sweep of the present etching emphasizes the cosmic power of Christ’s heavenly father (entirely omitting Joseph, Christ’s earthly stepfather). This conceit reappears in an intimate vertical format in <em>God the Father Regarding His Newborn Son</em> (1972.986).</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1647
- Dimensions
- 20.5 × 40.2 cm (8 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
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.
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1660 · oil and red-brown pigment
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1655 · etching on laid paper
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1655 · monotype in brown oil pigment on laid paper
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Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark
1650 · Etching on ivory paper
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- 1647
- Dimensions
- 20.5 × 40.2 cm (8 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1647-037067
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified