Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr — Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) | DiscoverArt

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

1645–50

Brush with colored oil paint; paper partly saturated with oil; lined

40.6 × 53.5 cm (16 × 21.1 in)

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