Tobit Burying the Dead

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione1640s

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Title: Tobit Burying the Dead
Creator: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664)
Date Created: 1640s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 27.7 x 41.4 cm (10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Comte Moriz von Fries (Lugt 2903, blind stamped, lower left), Marquis de Lagoy (Lugt 1710, stamped, lower right, in black ink)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.535
Medium: oil and dark red pigment with oil and brown pigment; framing lines in gold paint over oil and dark red pigment
Inscriptions: SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), lower right, in black ink: 765 ; lower right, in graphite: A 5077; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), in graphite: Benedetto Castiglione / A 5077 [sideways] ; in graphite: [o?] [sideways]
Department: Drawings
Culture: Italy, 17th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: DR - Italian
Accession Number: 1929.535

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