Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647–51

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Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul, ca. 1647–51, Etching, sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/16 in. (30 x cm), Prints, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua), Castiglione is regarded as one of the most innovative printmakers of the seventeenth century, and this is one of ten etchings by him from the Massar collection. Many of his prints address the transience of earthly endeavors, death, and decay

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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