- Valerio Castello
Valerio Castello (1624-October, 1659) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period. He was very active during his short life inGenoa .He was the youngest son of
Bernardo Castello , who died when Valerio was six year old. Valerio and his brothers were attached to the noble family of Torquato, and while he had been intended to study a literate profession, he showed an affinity to drawing. This was noted by his patrons, who arranged his apprenticeship withDomenico Fiasella . He arranged to travel toMilan with Agostino Merano, the sibling ofGiovanni Battista Merano , where he admired the work of Camillo Proccacini. From there, he traveled toParma .He excelled in painting battle-scenes. He was also quite prolific within Genoa during his short life. He painted the "Rape of the Sabines", now in the
Palazzo Brignole ,Genoa , and decorated the cupola of theBasilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in the same city. For the house of Francesco Maria Balbi, he collaborated with the quadraturista from Bologna,Andrea Sghizzi to fresco the palace. In his works he is regarded by his admirers as combining the fire ofTintoretto with the general style ofPaolo Veronese . Castello influenced the work of youngDomenico Piola . Among his pupils wereBartolomeo Biscaino ,Giovanni Paolo Cervetto , andStefano Magnasco .References
*1911
*cite book | first= Raffaello|last= Soprani| year=1769| title= Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti | editor = Carlo Giuseppe Ratti | pages= page 237| publisher= Stamperia Casamara in Genoa, dalle Cinque Lampadi, con licenza de Superiori; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Feb 2, 2007| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=vFcGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Genovesi+Raffaello+Soprani| authorlink=
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