Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man

1640/1647

Dating: Date range
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching on laid paper
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.2 x 30.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1997.16.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man — Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. 1640/1647.

Medium: etching on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.2 x 30.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1997.16.1. Gift of Neil Phillips.

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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