A bearded man wearing a tasseled headdress facing left, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"
This etching represents the motif of an exoticisng oriental head that Castiglione returned to many times in the 1640s. Perhaps partly inspired by the foreign traders who frequented the port city of Genoa, these character heads also stem back to the prints of Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. Castiglione produced two series of these exotic types, both large and small, in which he demonstrated his inventiveness and ability to produce a rich chiaroscuro of dramatic lighting with nothing more than an etcher’s needle.
Artwork Details
- Title: A bearded man wearing a tasseled headdress facing left, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"
- Series/Portfolio: Heads in Oriental Headdress
- Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
- Date: ca. 1648–50
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: sheet: 7 x 5 13/16 in. (17.8 x 14.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.17-59
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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