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The Nativity with God the Father and Angels
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglioneafter 1647
- Attribution
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Physical dimensions
- Plate: 29.5 × 20.7 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 24.4 cm (13 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
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A prolific painter, etcher, and draftsman, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione produced several innovative renditions of the Nativity. The epic horizontal sweep of this etching emphasizes the cosmic power of Christ’s heavenly father (it entirely omits Joseph, Christ’s earthly stepfather).
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