Lot Essay
We are grateful to Timothy Standring for confirming the attribution to Castiglione on the basis of a digital photograph. He dates the drawing to the early 1640s.
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PROPERTY OF A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, il Grechetto (Genoa 1609-1665 Mantua)
Two shepherds with their flock, a dog, a goat, a cow and horses
Details
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, il Grechetto (Genoa 1609-1665 Mantua)
Two shepherds with their flock, a dog, a goat, a cow and horses
with number '31'
brush and brown oil paint
10 ½ x 16 ¼ in. (26.9 x 41.1 cm.)
Two shepherds with their flock, a dog, a goat, a cow and horses
with number '31'
brush and brown oil paint
10 ½ x 16 ¼ in. (26.9 x 41.1 cm.)
Provenance
B. Himmelheber (L. 4035), and by descent to the present owner.
Brought to you by
Harriet West