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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Genoese1609–1664

Portrait of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette.

Notable works

Works in the collection

25 works

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