'Temporalis Aeternitas', four scholars amongst ruins

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian

Publisher Giovanni Domenico de Rossi Italian

1645

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Artwork Details

Title: 'Temporalis Aeternitas', four scholars amongst ruins
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
Publisher: Giovanni Domenico de Rossi (Italian, 1619–1653)
Date: 1645
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Object Number: 17.50.17-37
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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