Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark

Artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609–1664

Datecirca 1630–1632

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 1/2 x 69 in. (128.3 x 175.3 cm)
Frame: 62 1/4 x 80 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (158.1 x 205.1 x 10.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.151

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ProvenanceEarls of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire; David M. Koetser, New York (New York Art Trading Co.), NY; sold to NCMA, 1952.
Published ReferencesNeville R. Wilkinson, Wilton House Pictures (London: The Chiswick Press, 1908), no. 164. [Curatorial file].

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), cat. no. 181, illus. (b-w) unnumbered page.

May Davis Hill, "Representations from the Old Testament in the Museum's Collection of Paintings," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin. 1, no. 2 (Summer 1957), 9, 10, illus. (b-w) 10.

The Animal Kingdom: An Exhibition for Young People (exhibition catalogue) (Albuquerque: The University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico, 1968), cat. no. 13, illus.

Timothy Standring, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (PhD Dissertation, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982). [cat/page no?]
Exhibition HistoryAlbuquerque, NM, The University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico, "The Animal Kingdom: An Exhibition for Young People," February 11-April 28, 1968, cat. no. 13.
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