Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (aka Il Grechetto) (1609–1664)
“Young Man
with His Head Lowered, Wearing a Turban, Facing Left” (TIB title) (Un jeune home
ve de trois quarts …” Bartsch title), c1645/50, from the series of 16 plates
(TIB 32–47), “Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress”.
Etching on
fine laid paper with small margins around the plate mark.
Size: (sheet)
11.9 x 8.7 cm; (plate) 11.1 x 8.1 cm.
Inscribed on
plate at upper left: “GB/ Castiglione”.
Lifetime
impression (based on the crisp quality of line showing no sign of wear to the
printing plate); state i (of ii) before the addition of the number 8 at lower
left (see the state ii impression at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397019?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Castiglione&offset=100&rpp=20&pos=106).
TIB 46(21).
42(30) (Paolo Bellini [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of
the Seventeenth Century”, vol 46, New York, Abaris Books, p. 48, cat. no 42); Bellini
1982 33 (Paolo Bellini 1982, “L'Opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione”,
Milan); Bartsch XXI.30.42.
The British
Museum offers the following description of this print (note that the BM shows
the print tilted horizontally rather than vertically):
“Head looking
down to left cast in shadow.”
See also the
description of this print at the Rijksmuseum:
Condition: richly
inked, crisp and well-printed impression (apart from an uninked speck on the
figure’s neck) in excellent condition, with a small margin (approx. 3mm) around
the plate mark.
I am selling
this superb etching by the artist argued to be the inventor of the monotype for AU$353 (currently US$239.55/EUR216.10/GBP197.57
at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are
interested in purchasing this inventive and arresting study of a turbaned head
in shadow that the Rijksmuseum proposes is “inspired by similar etchings by
Rembrandt and Lievens” (see RP-P-OB-12.181), please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
This print has been sold
