The Sacrifice of Noah

Details

Attributed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Genoa 1609-1665 Mantua)
The Sacrifice of Noah
with inscription '45'
pen and brown ink
5 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (130 x 93 mm.)

Provenance

Anthony Blunt, bequeathed to
John Gaskin; Christie's London, 18 April 1989, lot 74.
Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's London, 3 July 1996, lot 71.

Literature

A. Percy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971, under no. 91.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Other drawings by Castiglione of this subject are in the British Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, the Royal Collection, Windsor and the Louvre (A. Percy, op cit. no. 9). There are paintings of the composition in the Palazzo Bianco, Genoa and in a private collection in Genoa (A. Percy, op. cit., figs. 2 and 31).

More from The House Sale

View All