A satyr reclining at the foot of a staute of Priapus, goats at the right
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
ca. 1645–48 · Etching · Drawings and Prints
Although this work was etched in Castiglione’s native Genoa, the concentration on a mythological subject in a large lush landscape exposes the influence of the French painter Nicolas Poussin, whom the artist likely met while working in Rome in the 1630s.
- Artist
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
- Date
- ca. 1645–48
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
