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Orpheus Charming the Animals
(Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto)

Description

The cluster of animals with a Satyr is similar to the compositional arrangement of an unpublished painting in a Genoese private collection that is by Castiglione nad datable in the 1650’s

Measurements
5ft x 5ft
Type
Oil on canvas
Provenance

Unknown

Literature

Unpublished

Where is It?
Acquired through The Matthiesen Gallery by a private client Italy
Historical Period
Baroque - 1600-1720
Subject
Mythological
School
Italian - Genoese
Catalogue
1986-Baroque III: 1620 - 1700.
An exhibition in memory of Sir Ellis Waterhouse and on behalf of The National Art-Collections Fund. Introduction by Sir Peter Wakefield. Essays by Francis Haskell, Cecil Gould, Francis Russell, Charles McCorquodale and Craig Felton. 152 pages, 15 colour plates, 30 black and white illustrations. £15 or $23 inc. p.& p.

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