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CASTELLO, Valerio
Italian painter, Genoese school (b. 1624, Genova, d. 1659, Genova)
Painter and draughtsman, son of Bernardo Castello. He was one of the leading Ligurian painters of the 17th century, whose art developed from a continuous and passionate study of a wide range of sources. His paintings of mythological and religious subjects unite an elegant figure style with an interest in dramatic and violent compositions; his touch is spontaneous and his palette vibrant with reds and pinks, blues and yellows. His brilliant decorative frescoes introduced the splendour of the High Baroque to Genoese painters. He was well known for his rapid oil sketches, with light and lively brushwork, which anticipate aspects of the Rococo.
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Painting ID:: 5956
Holy Family with an Angel fdg
Oil on canvas, 74,5 x 62,5 c,
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 5957
The Miracle of the Roses dfg
Oil on canvas, 47,5 x 37,5 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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Painting ID:: 5958
Moses Striking the Rock dfg
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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Painting ID:: 5959
Rebecca at the Well df
Oil on canvas, 80 x 55,5 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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Painting ID:: 20494
Moses Striking the Rock (mk05)
Canvas 77 x 102''(195 x 259 cm)Bequest of Dr.Louis La Caze 1869
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CASTELLO, Valerio
Italian painter, Genoese school (b. 1624, Genova, d. 1659, Genova)
Painter and draughtsman, son of Bernardo Castello. He was one of the leading Ligurian painters of the 17th century, whose art developed from a continuous and passionate study of a wide range of sources. His paintings of mythological and religious subjects unite an elegant figure style with an interest in dramatic and violent compositions; his touch is spontaneous and his palette vibrant with reds and pinks, blues and yellows. His brilliant decorative frescoes introduced the splendour of the High Baroque to Genoese painters. He was well known for his rapid oil sketches, with light and lively brushwork, which anticipate aspects of the Rococo.
. Related Artists to CASTELLO, Valerio: | Bartholomeus van der Helst | Christoph jacobsz.van der Lamen | Peter Purves Smith | Jens Juel | Augustus Egg |
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