Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1646
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paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat is a 1646 ink by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a man’s face and shoulders. His beard is thick and curly, and his head is wrapped in a scarf. On top, he wears a hat with big, fluffy feathers that stick out in all directions. The artist used sharp lines to show texture—like the fur of the hat or the folds of the scarf. The face is mostly shadowed, leaving his eyes and mouth in darkness. Try looking up etching to see how artists like this made prints with acid and needles.
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 1609 – 5 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school.
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