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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Also known as: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; primary name: Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto; other name: Il Grechetto
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Genoese; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1609-1664
Biography: Painter, printmaker and draughtsman; inventor of the monotype. Born in Genoa, Castiglione began career in studio of Giovanni Battista Paggi. From 1632 he is documented in Rome. A court deposition dated 1635 also places him in Naples, however the reason for and length of his visit remains unknown. Lived in Genoa from 1641-5, where he worked for many prominent Genoese families. Returned to Rome c.1647-1651. In his later years, c.1652-64, Castiglione divided his time between Genoa, Venice, Parma and Mantua, and from the early 1650s until his death, he received commissions from members of the court of Carlo II Gonzaga, 9th Duke of Mantua. The inscription on his tomb wrongly states that he died in 1665.
Bibliography: Bartsch XXI pp.9-42 (67 nos) Paolo Bellini, 'L'Opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione', Milan 1982

237 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.724 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneAttributed to:Andrea de Leone |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1887,0613.76 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Office/studio of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.201 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.730 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Baptiste CorneilleFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1649-1695

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.66 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.1 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: T,13.24 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Aniello FalconeFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1600-1656

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1308 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Antonio del CastilloFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1660-1668

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.23 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.727 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.837 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1878,0713.6 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.798 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing; album

Museum number: 1950,1111.32 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 After:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.200 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Drawn by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.726 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Luca GiordanoFormerly attributed to:Francesco Fracanzano |
Production date: 1650-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1922,0629.3 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Ascribed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing; print

Museum number: 1985,0713.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneCircle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1664

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.42 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1917,0512.1 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Drawn by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0313.17 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John White AbbottAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1763-1827

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.203 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Office/studio of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1887,0613.75 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1922,0629.2 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Drawn by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: T,13.21 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.29 |
Producer name: After:Johann LissFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1630

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.202 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Circle/School of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1631-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0607.10 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Drawn by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1649-1651

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.68 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Johann Carl Loth |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.199 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pietro FacciniFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1577-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.52 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.35 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Alessandro GherardiniFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1655-1723

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1084 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Formerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1630-1660

print

Museum number: 1985,1214.34 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1085 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Formerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1630-1660

print

Title: Orpheus Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7973 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Moyses in Aegyptum cum uxore et filijs proficiscitur |
Museum number: 1949,1008.312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MacéAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1646-1670

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1949,1008.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.39 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: 1932,0709.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1645

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.2677 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1765

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio TraviFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1640s

print

Museum number: 1932,0709.51 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Noe iustus, in arca cum filijs et omnium animantium generibus servatur |
Museum number: 1949,1008.317 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MacéAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1646-1670

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.778 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1625-1635

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.775 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1859,0611.272 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1758

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.49 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 Print made by:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1630-1674

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.34 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Large Oriental heads |
Museum number: W,6.18 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Rachel cum viro suo Jacob ex Masopotamia proficiscitur |
Museum number: 1949,1008.313 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MacéAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1646-1670

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1859,0514.216.6-178 |
Producer name: Published by:John BoydellPublished by:Josiah Boydell |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: W,6.21 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1625-1635

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1949,1008.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1758

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1907,0326.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio Maria Zanetti IAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.328 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 After:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1650-1750

print

Museum number: 1844,0511.12 |
Producer name: After:Frans van Mieris IIPrint made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1624-1664

print

Title: Omnia Vanitas Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr |
Museum number: 1855,0609.724 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1706

print

Museum number: 1933,1011.8 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: W,6.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi |
Production date: 1645-1648

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1907,0326.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio Maria Zanetti IAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.37 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: W,6.40 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Museum number: W,6.37 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Jacob ex Mesopotamia redux, nuncios et munera ad fratrem fuum Esau mittit |
Museum number: 1949,1008.314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MacéAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1646-1670 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.773 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: 1991,0615.197 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 After:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1630-1674

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1861,0608.290 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor VercruysAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1685-1740

print

Title: Orpheus Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: 1876,1014.404 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: W,6.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1645-1648

print

Museum number: 1932,0709.46 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1650-1655

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1286 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneAttributed to:James Nevay |
Production date: 1650-1670

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.33 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Cumque circumspexisset Moyses huc atque illuc et n Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr |
Museum number: 1855,0609.721 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1702

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1859,0611.190 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Old and New Testaments after the designs of G.B. Castiglione |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.29 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: 1932,0709.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1645-1648

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1732

print

Museum number: 1933,1011.7 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1949,1008.323 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Large Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1932,0709.53 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: W,6.45 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1648

print

Museum number: W,6.31 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1655

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1859,0611.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6428 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1660

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1859,0611.277 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.3775 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1627

print

Museum number: W,6.23 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1630-1640

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1859,0611.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Gio. Benedetto Castiglione / detto il Grechetto .. Museum Florentinum |
Museum number: 1949,1008.388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo GregoriIntermediary draughtsman:Domenico Campiglia |
Production date: 1731-1766

print

Museum number: 1932,0709.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Daman |
Production date: 1640-1660

print

Museum number: W,6.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1907,0326.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio Maria Zanetti IAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1732

print

Title: Small Oriental heads |
Museum number: 1871,0812.35 |
Producer name: BIOG22206 Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1645-1650

print

Museum number: 1941,0103.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Benedetto CastiglionePublished by:Jacob Frey |
Production date: 1630-1640

print

Title: Varii capricci e paesi |
Museum number: 1859,0611.279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZompiniAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: The exposition of Cyrus Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: 1901,0417.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BoydellIntermediary draughtsman:Richard Earlom |
Production date: 1765 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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