Old Man with a Turban
Medium
Etching on ivory paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.1 × 18.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 11.1 × 8.1 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27895
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.