ID: 700000447 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000447	Record Type: Movable Work

[Tobit burying the dead] (etching (print); Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian painter, draftsman, ...; Published: 1647-1651; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 613473; accession number: 2003.PR.153**)

Note: The night scene lit by a torch is dated about 1647-1651, when Castiglione was interested in the effects of nocturnal illumination and in Rembrandt's chiaroscuro etchings; "GIO. BENEDETO / CATGLIONE / P"--etched in upper left area, above the dog; "G.B.C."--etched in the lower center of image; A related drawing attributed to Castiglione is in the Parson collection, London; Title from The ill. Bartsch; Painter, printmaker, and draftsman from Genoa, also active in Rome, Naples, and Mantua; The print depicts the story of Tobit, the father of Tobias, who buried the slain Israelites in secret, as told in the Old Testament Apocrypha (Book of Tobit 1, 17-18; 2, 4-7); Gift of Dr. Richard A. Simms. Publication: [1647-1651].

Titles:

[Tobit burying the dead] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[Tobit burying the dead]; [graphic] / Gio. Benedeto Catglione p. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1647-1651

Creator Display:

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1609-1664) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Italian painter, printmaker, 1609-1664) [500115299]

publishers unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 613473; accession number: 2003.PR.153**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: etching

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: platemark 20.3 x 29.9 cm, on sheet 20.8 x 30.2 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Tobit [901000127]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Bible stories [300263184]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Old Testament iconography [901000033]
	.....((Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Apocrypha [901000126]
	.....((Bible, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

Provenance: simms ; Gift.

Inscriptions: Gio. Benedeto Catglione p.; "GIO. BENEDETO / CATGLIONE / P"--etched in upper left area, above the dog.; "G.B.C."--etched in the lower center of image.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Tobit burying the dead]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 613473
[Tobit burying the dead]; [graphic] / Gio. Benedeto Catglione p.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

....................... Bartsch, Le peintre graveur (1803-1821) no. 5

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)