Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) : Lost Genius

Kimbell Art Museum 新增了 2 張新相片。

Take a closer look: Notice the similar cap in these two etchings by Castiglione.

Castiglione: Lost Genius - Royal Collection Trust

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/castiglione-lost-genius

One of the great artists of the Baroque, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) was perhaps the most innovative and technically brilliant Italian draftsman of .

Kimbell Art Museum

Happy Christmas Eve! Did you know this depiction of the Virgin and Child by Castiglione is composed only of scrapes? The monotype technique, invented by the artist, consists of laying sticky oil on a metal plate, scraping the oil away with a stick, then placing a piece of paper on the plate to transfer the image. See this and more examples of seventeenth-century ingenuity for free in "Castiglione: Lost Genius."