Design for a Frontispiece with the Art of Painting and Drawing

Valerio Castello (1624-1659), pen and dark brown ink, with dark brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, c. 1650-1657

This is a design for a frontispiece, the illustration facing the title page of a book, in this case one about art. The allegorical female figures flanking the cartouche represent Painting on the left and Drawing on the right. The artist, Valerio Castello, came from a dynasty of artists. His fruitful career was cut short by his untimely death from the plague.

Artwork typedrawing, design
Object numberRP-T-1948-543
Dimensionsheight 273 mm x width 220 mm
Physical characteristicspen en penseel in donkerbruin, witte verf, op blauw papier

Design for a Frontispiece with the Art of Painting and Drawing

Identification

Title(s)
Design for a Frontispiece with the Art of Painting and Drawing
Former title
Ontwerp voor een frontispice met een cartouche met allegorische figuren(?)
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1948-543
Description
This is a design for a frontispiece, the illustration facing the title page of a book, in this case one about art. The allegorical female figures flanking the cartouche represent Painting on the left and Drawing on the right. The artist, Valerio Castello, came from a dynasty of artists. His fruitful career was cut short by his untimely death from the plague.

Creation

Creation
draughtsman: Valerio Castello
Dating
c. 1650 - c. 1657
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Material and technique

Physcial description
pen en penseel in donkerbruin, witte verf, op blauw papier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 273 mm x width 220 mm

This work is about

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1948
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
...; collection Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (1840-1914), Berlin and Frankfurt (L. 2926); …; from the dealer Gosselin, Paris, fl. 10,00, to the museum 1948
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

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