GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE CALLED IL GRECHETTO | Noah shepherding the animals onto the ark

In a Spanish private collection since the early 20th century.

Much of Castiglione's œuvre depicts scenes of the journeys of the patriarchs (e.g. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob), but the entry of the animals into Noah's ark was his favourite theme; Castiglione's treatments of this pastoral journey, always filled with animals and still life details, span his entire lifetime.