The Animals Going toward the Ark

1650/1655

Dating: Date range
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching on laid paper
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.7 × 39.8 cm (8 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.) framed: 44.45 × 59.69 cm (17 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1992.107.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

The Animals Going toward the Ark — Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. 1650/1655.

Medium: etching on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.7 × 39.8 cm (8 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.) framed: 44.45 × 59.69 cm (17 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1992.107.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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