Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 - 1664)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in Genoa, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione first trained there under local artist who were influenced by Mannerism, Caravaggism, and the work of Peter Paul Rubens. In 1621, Castiglione started working in Anthony van Dyck’s studio. In his early work, he favored animal paintings but also produced portraits, landscapes, and historical pieces. Castiglione moved to Rome in 1634 and remained there for a decade. He returned to Genoa and began working for the Mantuan court alongside his idol Rubens in 1648. During this period, Castiglione was inspired by Domenico Fetti and Rembrandt’s etchings. He is also credited with the printmaking technique, the monotype. Castiglione’s final works were expressive and intense much like the work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, circa 1648
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Festival of Pan, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Pan (or Marsyas) and Olympus, 1648
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Raising of Lazarus, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Pan Seated Near a Vase, circa 1645
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Flight Into Egypt (?), 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Beheading of Saints, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Nativity with God the Father and Angels, circa 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Man Looking to Front with Face in Shadow, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Angel Arousing Joseph, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Man Looking to Front with Face in Shadow, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Old Bearded Man Facing Left, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Old Bearded Man Facing Left, circa 1650
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Old Bearded Man Facing Left, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Old Bearded Man Facing Left, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Young Shepherd on horseback, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Procession of Animals and Figures, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Young Herdsman on Horseback, mid 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Nativity with God the Father and Angels, circa 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Entry Into Noah"s Ark, circa 1650 - 1655
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Raising of Lazarus, circa 1647 - 1651
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Feast Before the Altar of the God Terminus Date: about
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), The Philosopher Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man, 1645 - 1647
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Discovery of the Bodies of SS. Peter and Paul, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Recto:Laban Seeking His Idols
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark Date: about 1650
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Nativity with God the Father and Angels Date: after
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Man Wearing a Plumed Fur Cap and Scarf Date: 1640
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Circe With Companions of Ulysses Changed Into Animals, circa 1655
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Laban Searching Jacob"s Baggage for Rachel"s Idols, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Flock of Sheep Surrounding a Laden Donkey, late 17th century
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Discovery of the Bodies of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Recto: Pastoral Landscape
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), A Satyr Seated Beside a Statue of Priapus (Satyr Seated at the Foot of a Term), circa 1645
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Tobit Burying the Dead Date: about 1647 - 1665 Medium:
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Raising of Lazarus Date: 17th century Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Virgin Adoring the Child Date: 1655 Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Portrait of a Man with Beard and Mustache, Wearing a Cap with Large Plume (Portrait of G.L. Bernini?), circa 1645 - 1650
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Theseus Finds His Father"s Weapons Date: 1648 Medium: etching Dimensions:
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Arcadian Shepherds

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Restoring a Masterpiece: Castiglione Conservation Project
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Musee d'Orsay: The Comtesse de Castiglione (Florence 1837 - Paris 1899)
The name of Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is linked to Second Empire political and courtly intrigues, to the glamour of the Court at the Tuileries and to th...
Louvre Museum: Pieter Boel, Painter of Louis XIV's Animals - The collection of painted studies from the Gobelins
Since more than a century onwards, Pieter Boel' s studies, there are 80 of th...
Esso Gallery: Nzingah Muhammad: Objects of Investigation
. The resulting series of works is entitled "Objects of Investigation", in which the artist investigates contemporary reality (the Muslim community in the US), which is perhaps just a matter of culture. Reality is falsified and here the photograp...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: The Artist Observed: Portraits and Self-Portraits
Included are works by such influential artists as Anthony Van Dyck, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, James McNeill Whistler, Auguste Rodin, Oskar Kokoschka, and Ansel Adams. Their observations create a lively narrative across fo...
Musee d'Orsay: Robert de Montesquiou or the art of showing off
often befalls a few selected characters to embody the social and cultural background of a precise period in time through their tastes, aspirations and fame, and also th...

Further Artwork and Information:

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Online
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 - 1664) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Biography
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Getty Museum)
LACMA Permanent Collection: Prints & Drawings
artnet.com: Resource Library: Castiglione: (1) Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664)
Castiglione (1845 - 1926) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews

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