Pan Reclining at an Urn
Giovanni Bendetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609 – 1664
Pan Reclining at an Urn, circa 1645
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Public domain
Gift of Patrick Hayes
1988.045
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was a brilliant etcher who invented monotype. Trained in his native Genoa, his paintings (especially his oil sketches) show the influence of Van Dyck and Rubens. Rembrandt, though, was the model for his prints. As a painter Castiglione worked across genres, but his imaginative etchings, whether pastoral, mythological or religious, most often treat themes that suggest transience. Pan reclining at an urn was part of a series Castiglione produced illustrating Theocratus’s Idylls and Virgil’s Eclogues. Both in subject matter and style this etching evokes Pan’s place within the natural world and the peace and well-being central to the pastoral vision.
-Tori Erisman ‘22
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Author: Guevara, Antonio de, -1545?
Translator: Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695.
Artist: Stone, Reynolds, 1909-1979, engraver.
Subjects: Country life
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Description: Vaughan's translation (originally published as part of his Olor Iscanus, 1651) of Ægidius van der Myle's Vitae rusticae encomium, which was extracted and abridged from Guevara's Menosprecio de corte y alabanza de Aldea. Limited ed. of 400 copies printed by James Wardrop.; Bound in quarter leather with dark green paper sides and a label designed and cut by Reynolds Stone. Dust cover printed in red, with a title-device specially cut by the artist.
Publisher: Newtown, England: Gregynog Press, 1938
Format: xv, 37 pages illustrations 18 cm.
Language: English