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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), artist
Italian, 1610 - 1665
Christ on the Cross Appearing to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, reverse study for the altarpiece in Santa Maria della Cella, Sampierdarena, circa 1645
Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper
24.1 x 16.7 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts purchase 1965.48

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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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