Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

2 Bll.: Diogenes sucht einen ehrenhaften Mann – Circe verwandelt die Gefährten des Odysseus in Tiere, oder: Die Melancholie

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2 Sheets: The Philosopher Diogenes Seeks an Honourable Man – Circe Transforming the Companions of Odysseus into Animals, or: Melancholy

Künstler

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

1609 or 1616 Genoa - Mantua 1664 or 1670

Etching on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys (1). (c. 1645 and c. 1650). 24.5 × 33.3 cm and 21.7 × 30.8 cm (sheet).

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Bartsch 21, 22; Bellini/d'Amico, vol. VI, no. 39 and no. 40.

Provenienz

One sheet with an unidentified collector's stamp verso
(Lugt 2361).

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Etching on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys (1). (c. 1645 and c. 1650). 24.5 × 33.3 cm and 21.7 × 30.8 cm (sheet).

Very good and strong impressions. One sheet with margins of up to 12 mm around the platemark, the other sheet trimmed just within. – One sheet with a small paper loss at the lower right corner; the other with foxing and fully laid down on laid paper. Otherwise in good condition.