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CASTIGLIONE, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO (1616–1670) , called in See also:Italy Il Grechetto, and in See also:France Le Benedette, See also:Italian painter of the Genoese school, was See also:born in See also:Genoa, and studied for some See also:time under Vandyck. He painted portraits, See also:historical pieces and landscapes, but chiefly excelled in fairs, markets and rural scenes with animals. See also:Noah and the animals entering the See also:Ark was a favourite subject of his. His paintings are to be found in See also:Rome, See also:Venice, See also:Naples, See also:Florence, and more especially Genoa and See also:Mantua. He also executed a' number of etchings, which are spirited, See also:free and full of See also:taste; " See also:Diogenes searching for a See also:Man " is one of the See also:principal of these. The etchings are remarkable for See also:light and shade, and have even earned for Castiglione the name of " a second See also:Rembrandt." The Presepio (Nativity of Jesus) in the See also:church of See also:San Luca, Genoa, ranks among his most celebrated paintings, and the Louvre contains eight characteristic examples. In his closing years he lived in Mantua, See also:painting for the See also:court; here he received his name of " Grechetto," from the classic See also:air of his pastorals, and here he died of See also:gout in 167o. His See also:brother Salvatore and his son See also:Francesco excelled in the same subjects; and it is thought that many paintings which are ascribed to Benedetto are only copies after him, or perhaps originals by his son or brother.

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