Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross

RP-T-1981-65

Unlike most Italian artists, Castiglione was strongly influenced by foreign art. In his hometown of Genoa he came into contact with the work of Peter Paul Rubens. He also spent some time there in the studio of Anthony van Dyck. That Flemish influence is clearly reflected in this drawing: the striking use of colour and the animated composition recall oil sketches by Rubens and Van Dyck.

draughtsman: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

c. 1650 - c. 1659

potlood, penseel in olieverf en waterverf in kleuren

height 390 mm x width 277 mm

I.Q. van Regteren Altena Bequest, Amsterdam

bequest 1981

Public domain

…; bequeathed by Prof. Dr. Johannes Quirijn van Regteren Altena (1899-1980) Amsterdam, with 63 other drawings, to the museum, 1981

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