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Pan Reclining before a Herm
Pan Reclining before a Herm is an ink print by the Baroque artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. It dates from 1642 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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- Inscribed:lower right in plate: G. BENED.to CAS. / P.; by later hand, verso upper right, in graphite: No 97 / 272 [circled]; by later hand, verso upper right, in red ink: no. 16-; by later hand, verso center, in graphite: C 239; by later hand, verso lower left, in brown ink: 2 [undeciphered]; by later hand, verso lower left, in graphite: 68 Due Sailir 2/16 / [undeciphered]; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: Testa di Pane N. 16-; by later hand, verso lower right, in brown ink: Testa di Pane [undecipherable and faded]
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
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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