The Drawings of Castiglione and Stefano Della Bella
This publication examines the Royal Collection drawings by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and Stefano Della Bella.
GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-64)
A family with animals in a landscape
c. 1660Red-brown and blue-grey oil paint on paper | 29.3 x 39.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903857
A drawing of a compact group moving to the right, centred around a woman with an infant on a horse; her husband addresses her as he walks behind. Dogs and sheep move along with them, and beyond the trees on the right more animals head into the distance.