Pan reclincing near a large vase set in a landscape, ca. 1645, Etching, Sheet (trimmed to plate line): 4 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (11.4 × 21.2 cm), Prints, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua), In the 1640s, Castiglione produced a group of etchings that bring to life the world of Theocritus' 'Idylls' and Virgil's 'Eclogues', in which Pan is frequently invoked as lord of the flocks and patron of pastoral poetry
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Pan reclincing, large vase set, landscape, ca, 1645, Etching, Sheet, trimmed, plate line, 4 1/2, 8 3/8, 11.4, 21.2 cm, Prints, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Il Grechetto, Italian, Genoa, 1609–1664, Mantua, 1640s, Castiglione produced, group, etchings, bring, life, world, Theocritus, Idylls, Virgil, Eclogues, Pan, frequently invoked, lord, flocks, patron, pastoral poetry
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