The Overloaded Donkey
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.3 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 31.3 cm (9 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61005
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.