The Genius of Castiglione was an etching out of a series of sixty etchings done by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. This print is 14 x 9 5/8 in. It was achieved by etching, which is a process of putting cuts onto a metal plate and then once the cuts are made ink is rubbed over the plate and then the plate is pressed to a canvas or paper to print an image. This particular etching was done in the Renaissance era it is believed to have taken two years to make from 1645-1647 AD and it was finally published in 1648 AD. This picture is kind of complex on what we see. The young man sitting with the trumpet is the personification of Fame. The basket with rabbits and birds are supposed to be fruitfulness where as the pallet and brushes and sheet music
