The Genius of the Painter
date: label: Date
content: 1645–47
name: label: Print Maker
content: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664
label: Publisher
content: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi, Italian, 1627 - 1691
label: Dedicatee
content: Matthys van der Merwede, lord of Clootwyck, Dutch, ca. 1625 - after 1677
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical etching of the genius of the printer is represented by the figure of a young man, almost nude, seated at right, facing left in profile. Before him is an altar dedicated to the Goddess of Painting. He holds a trumpet in his left hand; a book in the other on which appears the inscription: "Genium Jo. Bendicti Castilionis Ianuen-Inv. Fe." At the left are two children, one beating a drum; the other holding a basket filled with doves. Above, a genius blows the trumpet, while pointing to the crown of immortality. At lower right, an inscription dedicated to M. de Mernhe, seigneur de Clootvyck. Center below: address of G.J. de Rossi and date.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-1504
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.7 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)