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Laban Searching for Family Idols among the Possessions of Joseph, 1630–35. Etching on ivory laid paper.
Etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 24.5 × 33 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Laban Searching for Family Idols among the Possessions of Joseph
- Artist
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664
- Date
- 1630–35
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.5 × 33 cm (9 11/16 × 13 in.); Plate: 25 × 34 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 34.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1609–1664
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.