The traditional attribution to Castello, which appears in an old inscription on the reverse of the mount, needs to be taken seriously. Not only is the pen work reminiscent of Castello´s handling of th [+]
The drawing´s style points more in the direction of Giovanni Battista Castello than Cambiaso. Typically, Castello´s line-work is more consistent in thickness, with fewer and less powerfully emphasized [+]
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In ancient mythology, Mars -the god of War- and Apollo -the god of the Sun, who is associated with omniscient powers of reasoning- come together as a result of Apollo´s discovery of the affair b [+]
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