Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals
Medium
Etching, touched with graphite, on ivory paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.8 × 30.8 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.1 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12584
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione · 1609–1664
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. Comment on works: Religious; Landscapes; Animals; Mythology.