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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), artist
Italian, 1610 - 1665
Bearded Old Man Wearing a Plumed Turban, Facing Right, from the series Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress, circa 1645 - 1650
Etching
11.5 x 8.4 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1993.63.33

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Artist Biography: Born in Genoa, died in Mantua; also known as Il Grechetto. Studied with Giovanni Andrea Ferari and Sinibaldo Scorza. Went to Rome in 1632, became member of the Accademia S. Luca in 1634, and returned to Rome ca. 1647 with plates which were published by Giovanni Iacomo de Rossi. Left Rome to serve at the Gonzaga court in Mantua in 1651.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. vol. XX. W¸rzburg: 1920~Bellini, Paolo. Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch. vol 46. New York: 1982, Abaris Books~Bellini, Paolo. Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol 46 (Commentary). New York: 1985, Abaris Books.~

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Oriental in Heads of Studies Small series the from Facing Turban Plumed a Wearing Marcus Mrs Mr age discolored Sheet Sopher S M LC brown 1904 Mascha O verso LR ink purple stamped 1626a L Kuderna J Provenance Europe Italy Print Etching headdress complicated tied plume elaborate down looking side right profile seen man old mustached bearded Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione il Grechetto Italian 6250304129160043 A058318 1993.63.33 AFGA