A Congress of Animals, 1641–1710, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, over traces of black chalk, 8 1/8 x 12 1/8in. (20.7 x 30.8cm), Drawings, Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (Italian, Genoa 1641–1710 Genoa), The graphic oeuvre of the elusive Francesco Castiglione, son and assistant of Giovanni Benedetto (1609-1664), can be based largely on the name annotated at the bottom of the sheet by a late-eighteenth-century collector known as the 'Reliable Venetian Hand' for the accuracy of his attributions
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Congress, Animals, 1641–1710, Pen, brown ink, brush, watercolor, traces, black chalk, 8 1/8 x 12 1/8in, 20.7 30.8cm, Drawings, Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, Italian, Genoa, graphic, oeuvre, elusive Francesco, Castiglione, son, assistant, Benedetto, 1609-1664, based largely, name annotated, bottom, sheet, late-eighteenth-century collector, Reliable Venetian, Hand, accuracy, attributions
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