Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609 ndash; 1664) was an Italian Baroque artist; painter; printmaker and draftsman; of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings; and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. Castiglione painted portraits; historical pieces and landscapes; but chiefly excelled in fairs; markets and rural scenes with animals. Castiglione was a brilliant draftsman and pioneered the development of the oil sketch (often using a mixture of mediums) as a finished work - previously they had been used only for working studies for another finished piece; for example by Rubens. He returned to the same subjects over and over again; but with significantly different compositions each time. He also executed a number of etchings.
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