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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman

  • Fame51.2
  • Momentum8.2
  • Wikipedia968
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Lived 1609–1664, aged 55
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  • Era
    1609–1664
    Aged 55
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Updated 2026-06-16

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette.

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Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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