Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
Young man with his head leaning against his shoulder, wearing a plumed headdress
(c. 1645-1650)
from Small studies of heads in Oriental headdress

Medium
etching

Measurements
11.2 × 8.0 cm (plate) 14.9 × 10.5 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 46.43

Edition
only state

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

Accession Number
1958.21-3

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) headgear men (male humans) oblique views Orientalism plumes (ornaments) studies (visual works) youth (people)

Movements
Baroque