About the Artwork
Satyr Sitting at the Foot of a Term
17th century
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1616 - 1670
Italian
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 4 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (11.7 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 4 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (11.7 × 21.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S266
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed in plate, lower center: B. CASTILIONE IN. FE.
Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date, 1886, added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
April 1886, Dorman Sale. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Percy, A. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque. Philadelphia, 1971, p. 138, E9.
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Satyr Sitting at the Foot of a Term, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S266.
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