Rijksmuseum

Design for a Frontispiece with the Art of Painting and Drawing

Date

c. 1650 - c. 1657

Medium

paper, paint (coating), ink

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This is a design for a frontispiece, the illustration facing the title page of a book, in this case one about art. The allegorical female figures flanking the cartouche represent Painting on the left and Drawing on the right. The artist, Valerio Castello, came from a dynasty of artists. His fruitful career was cut short by his untimely death from the plague.

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