Testo in Tedesco.

 

It is no secret at all that Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione made use of Rembrandt's etchings for his own work. In his "Cabinet des Singularités" of 1699-1700, Florent Le Comte already recognised the "gout de Rimbrant" in Castiglione's prints. And in fairly recent art historical studies and exhibitions, this part of Rembrandt's fortune in seventeenth century Italy was briefly touched upon as well, among others in exhibitions and the accompanying catalogues in Rome in 2002/03 (Rembrandt - Dipinti, incisioni e riflessi sul '600 e '700 italiano) and Épinal in 2003/04 (Rembrandt et les peintres-graveurs italiens de Castiglione à Tiepolo). However, a thorough investigation of the work of the Genoese artist in relation to that of his Dutch colleague was never undertaken. Ewald Jeutter's book sets out to do so.