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Explore the exhibition 'Castiglione: Lost Genius' at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh opening November 2014.
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-64)

Figures in a landscape with a satyr playing the pipes

c. 1645

RCIN 904057

The two dogs were first sketched standing immediately in front of the pipe-playing satyr, a rare example of a pentimento or change of mind in Castiglione’s oil drawings.

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