Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Greghetto)
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
17th century Genoese painter, draftsman and printmaker
(Genoa, Italy, 1609 - 1664, Mantua, Italy)
Versatile and eclectic artist open to foreign influence which was unusual for an Italian artist of his time. Some of his best-known works are somewhat fantastical. He was court painter at Mantua from 1648.
7 objects
1610-1665
graphite on paper
Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III
1811.43
ca. 1645-1650
pen and brown ink on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.196
ca. 1645
pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.197
ca. 1650s
oil on canvas
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
1961.100.12
ca. 1610-1665
pen and brown ink, grey wash on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.4
ca. 1647
etching on laid paper
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1982.27
ca. 1650
etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.201
