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Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1665)
about 1630
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.7 x 9.5 cm (5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.)(trimmed on platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George R. Rowland Sr. in honor of Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara Stern Shapiro on the occasion of the exhibition "Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker"
Accession Number1985.35
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 02, i/ii; Illustrated Bartsch 02, ii/v
Marks
Lower right corner, stamped in black ink, the mark of John Tetlow, Alkrington Hall, Lancashire (d. before 1840)(Lugt 2868); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsLightly etched upper left: Castigl[?]ius; Engraved below: G. B. Castilione fec
ProvenanceJohn Tetlow, Alkrington Hall, Lancashire (d. before 1840)(Lugt 2868); R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Francisco; Mrs. George R. Rowland, Sr.; her gift to the MFA February 27, 1985