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Explore the exhibition 'Castiglione: Lost Genius' at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh opening November 2014.
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-64)

The Raising of Lazarus

c. 1660

RCIN 903834

Although the touch is unquestionably Castiglione’s, some aspects of the style are unfamiliar, such as the short zigzags in the background and the silhouetting of figure against figure, set further back in space. It may be that limited mobility was forcing him to experiment with a new graphic vocabulary. Cat. 87

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