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Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals

1650–51
Not on view

Artwork Details

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  • Title: Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals
  • Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
  • Date: 1650–51
  • Medium: Etching, touches of red chalk added by hand
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (21 × 30.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Bertina Suida Manning and Robert L. Manning, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1135.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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