Skip to Main Content

Admission is always free

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Directions Play Artle

Home>Collection>God the Father and Angels Adoring the Christ Child

1 / 1

download image
This image is in the public domain. You can copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Learn more about our image policies.

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

God the Father and Angels Adoring the Christ Child, c. 1655

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.6 x 40.3 cm (8 1/8 x 15 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 7

Accession Number

1974.56.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (artist) Italian, 1609 - 1664

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); purchased by NGA, 1974.

Associated Names

Boerner, C.G., Mr.

Exhibition History

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2012: The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012.

2020: A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020 (shown only in Rome, Washington venue canceled).

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

2020: Bober, Jonathan. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750,Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 210, no. 60.

Related Content