Cattle Beside Cart Wheel

Provenance

P. & D. Colnaghi and Company, London. [according to Joachim-McCullagh 1979] Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Ill., by 1961 [according to Chicago 1961]; given to the Art Institute, 1966.

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Treasures of Chicago Collectors," April 15-May 7, 1961, n.p., as Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque," September 17-November 28, 1971, cat. 125 (ill.), cat. by Ann Percy.

Publications

Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh, Italian Drawings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), no. 73, pl. 80, as Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

Quick Overview

Artist: Giovanni Francesco Castiglione / Italian, 1641-1710
Date: 1640/55
Medium: Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wood pulp laminate board
Dimensions: 14.4 × 18.9 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf
Accession no.: 1966.536

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.