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Two Seated Kings of Judah; Josiah and Hezekiah

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1591

Artist:

Bernardo Castello
Italian, 1557-1629

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Bernardo Castello

Title

Two Seated Kings of Judah; Josiah and Hezekiah

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1591

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "Bernardo Castello"; lower left of center, in pen and brown ink: "IOSIA"; lower center, in pen and brown ink: "P G [?] Sma trinità"; lower right of center, in pen and brown ink: "ESECHIA"

Dimensions

19.8 × 26.7 cm (7 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5681

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