Shepherds Following Their Flock
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.) sheet: 25.5 x 37.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Bert Freidus
Accession Number
1999.78.1
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.