La Melancholia / Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

About this Item

Accession Number: 1994/2.12
Title: La Melancholia
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: 1609-1664
Medium and Support: etching on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, trimmed to platemark
Object Creation Date: circa 1647
Credit Line: Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Inscription: Inscribed in plate, in book, l.r.: "G BENED to/CAS."; Verso, center: drawing in red chalk of unidentified subject; Verso, inscribed in graphite, l.c.: "S.C. 10714" and below: "B26"; l.l.: "NPG 13233"; Watermark: none visible.
Dimensions: 21.6 cm x 11.4 cm (8 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
Century: 17th Century
Primary Keywords: cats; globe; music; palettes; skulls (skeleton components)
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animal material; animal material by form or function; animals; descriptors; equipment; equipment by process; image-making equipment; mammals; materials; materials by origin; objects; objects we use; painting equipment; skeleton and skeleton components; skeleton components; the natural world; tools and equipment
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 751 x 1337
File Size: 160 KB
Record: 1994/2.12
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.12/1994_2.12.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Music, Musicians, Musical Instruments (113)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1994-SL-2.12:1994_2.12.JPG

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Full citation: "La Melancholia; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.12/1994_2.12.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.