Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
Bearded old man wearing a plumed turban, facing right
(c. 1645-1650)
from Small studies of heads in Oriental headdress

Medium
etching

Measurements
11.0 × 8.0 cm (plate) 14.3 × 11.2 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Genoa, Italy

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 46.37

Edition
only state

Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: GB (monogram) / CASTILIONE / GENOVESE
printed in in (in image) c.r.: GB

Accession Number
1958.22-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Costume Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
busts (general, figures) elderly men (male humans) Orientalism plumes (ornaments) studies (visual works) three-quarter views turbans

Movements
Baroque