Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
Melancholy
(c. 1645-1648)

Medium
engraving

Measurements
21.5 × 11.3 cm (plate)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Italy

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch XXI. 26 (24) II , Percy E.14

Edition
2nd state

Printing/Publishing
published by Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi

Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: Vbi Inletabilitas ibi Virtus
printed in ink l.l.: Si stampano in Roma per Gio. Dom. Rossi alla Pace all’Insegna di Parigi. Con licenza de’ Superiori

Accession Number
1453-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
domestic cat (species) globes (cartographic spheres) goat (genus) lutes (chordophones) melancholy palettes (painting equipment) skulls (skeleton components) women (female humans)

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Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
Melancholy
(c. 1645-1648)