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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609–1664)
Lot 93 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT FAMILY COLLECTION

GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609–1664)

A Young Herdsman on Horseback

Closed24 January 2023

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USD 3,000–5,000

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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609–1664)
A Young Herdsman on Horseback
etching, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, tonal impression of the second, final state, with narrow margins at right and below, trimmed on or just inside the platemark at left and above, some diagonal flattened folds, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 185 x 252 mm.
Sheet 188 x 252 mm.

John Evelyn FRS (1620-1706), Wotton & London (diarist and founder member of the Royal Society); then by descent to J.H.C. Evelyn (d. 1906); then by descent to Major Peter Evelyn and the Evelyn Family Trust (according to the client's notes).
With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.
A Family Collection, USA; acquired from the above in 1977.