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Tobit Burying the Dead

Tobit Burying the Dead

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Castiglione’s night print is far lighter that those of his Dutch contemporaries. Instead of making his print dark, he uses a very loose drawing style. This hard-to-read style is effective because the viewer slowly picks out details from the tangle of lines in a process that parallels our vision as our eyes adjust to darkness.
Artist
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
(Italian, 1609 - 1664)
Title
Tobit Burying the Dead
Date
ca. 1650
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
John H. and Abigail Van Vleck Fund purchase
Accession No.
1991.19
Classification
Prints
Geography
Italy

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<span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:’Calibri’">14. Dec. 1990 sold by Hill Stone Fine Prints and Drawings (New York, NY) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]</span><span style="font-family:’WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService’"> <br/></span></span>

  • Mezzotints: Prints of Darkness: Chazen Museum of Art, 8/22/2009–10/25/2009
  • Some Additions to the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/17/1993–7/18/1993

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