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Preview image of work. pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, Madonna and Child with God the Father and Adoring Angels 4154

1956.24.197

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Madonna and Child with God the Father and Adoring Angels

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Artist

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Greghetto) (Genoa, Italy, 1609 - 1664, Mantua, Italy)

Title

Madonna and Child with God the Father and Adoring Angels

Creation Date

ca. 1645

Century

17th century

Dimensions

8 7/16 in. x 6 11/16 in. (21.43 cm. x 16.99 cm.)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1956.24.197

A prolific and brilliant draftsman, Castiglione dedicated numerous pen-and-ink drawings to a scene in which the sky above Mary and the infant Jesus opens and God appears among the angels. The Museum has two such works; others are at Princeton University and in Windsor Castle. The group might be related to Castiglione’s first monumental altarpiece in the church of San Luca, Genoa, from 1645 that depicts the Nativity. An immediate success, this altarpiece spawned numerous drawings over the next fifteen years and helped Castiglione to build a lasting reputation that far exceeded his hometown of Genoa.

Keywords: Madonna and Child master drawing work on paper