Rijksmuseum

Christ on the Cross

Date

c. 1650 - c. 1659

Medium

paper, pencil, watercolor (paint), oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Unlike most Italian artists, Castiglione was strongly influenced by foreign art. In his hometown of Genoa he came into contact with the work of Peter Paul Rubens. He also spent some time there in the studio of Anthony van Dyck. That Flemish influence is clearly reflected in this drawing: the striking use of colour and the animated composition recall oil sketches by Rubens and Van Dyck.

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