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Object Type: print
Museum number: W,6.35
Description: Diogenes searching for an honest man. c.1645/50 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; Published by: Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi
School/style: Italian
Production date: 1645-1650
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 213 millimetres; Width: 305 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XXI.20.21); Bellini 1982 / L'Opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (16.II)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Diogenes
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (his name stamped on the mount)
Acquisition date: 1799
Acquisition notes: Laid down
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: W,6.35

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