Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals

Prints and Drawings

1650–51

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664

Castiglione was a prolific painter, etcher, and draftsman who left his native Genoa around 1630 for Rome, where he made contact with important Baroque artists, such as Nicolas Poussin and Pietro Testa.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Title: Circe with Companions of Ulysses Changed into Animals
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1630–1664
Medium: Etching, touched with graphite, on ivory paper
Dimensions: Plate: 21.8 × 30.8 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.1 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard
Reference Number: 1960.840
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