Herdsmen and shepherdess with a herd at a watering place , ca. 1635

Blatt: 265 x 390 mm

Physical Description: Brush in brown and grey oil paint (?), in places in reddish brown, blue, white, violet and red with shiny transparent intermediate layer, on brown paper

Inventory Number: 4095

Object Number: 4095 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Texts

About the Work

The depiction of simple country life was meant as an allusion to the idea of happy and peaceful coexistence. The sheet does not refer to any specific occurrence. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was known as a specialist for herdsmen scenes of this kind, which were already in high demand among his contemporaries. A closer look at the drawing reveals a later enlargement of the sheet at the right and lower edges.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Herdsmen and shepherdess with a herd at a watering place

Draughtsman

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Brush in brown and grey oil paint (?), in places in reddish brown, blue, white, violet and red with shiny transparent intermediate layer, on brown paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Genoese

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Beschriftet auf dem Montagekarton in der Kartusche unter der Zeichnung mit der Feder in Schwarz: Benedetto Castiglione / Genovese.; auf der Rückseite (auf dem Auflagekarton) beschriftet unten mit der Feder in Schwarz: N°. 4. 65 B[…]tto Castiglione., in der Mitte links mit Bleistift: 4b [? oder 48?]; in der Mitte Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (L. 2356)