Nicknamed ‘Il Grechetto’ for the classical feel of his pastoral landscapes, the Genoese artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was among the most fluent draughtsmen of the 17th century. He also produced a prodigious number of etchings, and invented the technique of monotype printmaking. This display at the Kunsthaus Zürich (10 December–6 March 2022) – the first solo show of Castiglione’s work in the German-speaking world – brings together more than 80 of his works on paper. Find out more from the Kunsthaus Zürich’s website.
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1648), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: Studio Tromp
Nativity with God the Father (c. 1655), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Nymph surprised by a satyr (c. 1765), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Photo: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Diogenes seeking a virtuous man (c. 1645–47), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. MAH Musée d’art et d’histoire, Ville de Genève