Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664) produced the etching above in 1648. It served both as a symbol-heavy monument to his own "genius" (as the most prominent Italian print-maker of his time) and as an introduction to an extensive group of other etchings, promiscuously mingling mythological subjects with Christian scenes.
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| Satyr Beneath Herm |
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| Satyr Beneath Herm |
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| Melancholia |
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| Raising of Lazarus |
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| Discovery of the Remains of Saints Peter and Paul |
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| Tobit Burying the Dead |
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| Nativity of Christ with God the Father |
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| Animals Entering Noah's Arrk |
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| Young Herdsman |
According to curators at the Getty Museum, Castiglione was "probably" also the inventor of the monoprint, as seen below.
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| Creation of Adam Monoprint 1642 |
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| Figure with Turban Monoprint 1655 |