Name: Antique Master Print-NOAHS-ARK-Aveline-Castiglione-1757
SKU: PICTURA-08544
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Antique Master Print-NOAHS-ARK-Aveline-Castiglione-1757

€445.00

‘TABLEAU DE JEAN BENOIT CASTIGLIONE, DE LA GALERIE ROYALE DE DRESDE. QUADRO DI GIOVAN BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE, DALLA GALLERIA REALE DI DRESDA.’

– Chaotic biblical scene showing animals and people boarding Noah’s Ark. A striking composition filled with tension and movement; reverse of Castiglione’s original.

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Description

Medium: Copper engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 50 x 38 cm (19.69 x 14.96 inch). Image size: 41 x 31 cm. (16.14 x 12.2 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light overall toning and minor foxing. Wide margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NOAH’S ARK, CASTIGLIONE, AVELINE, PIERRE-ALEXANDRE AVELINE, DRESDEN, GEM?LDEGALERIE ALTE MEISTER, BIBLICAL ANIMAL SCENE, RECUEIL D’ESTAMPES | PCO-B9-05

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Recueil d’Estampes d’apres les plus celebres Tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde’, Dresden 1757, vol. II, publ. Christian Heinrich Hagenmuller.

Reference: SLUB Dresden: urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-db-id2813829996.

Biography engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702-1760), French engraver and draughtsman, renowned for reproductive prints after Old Masters, especially for the Dresden Gallery.

Biography artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664), Italian Baroque painter and printmaker, known for his biblical scenes and as a pioneer of the monotype technique.