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CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1609-1664
Painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Most of his works are scenes of the journeys of the patriarchs (e.g. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob), drawn from the book of Genesis and filled with animals and still-life detail. His oeuvre also, however, includes many spectacular mythological and religious compositions set in expansive landscapes, and for these he found inspiration in Classical mythology, ancient history, Aesop's Fables, 16th-century Italian literature and the lives of the saints. Early biographers claim that he was also a prolific portrait painter, but few examples, save the so-called portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini (c. 1648-50; Genoa, Pal. Bianco), have been conclusively identified. His surviving subjects reveal his interest in magic and metamorphosis and in philosophical questions such as the frailty of human life, the inevitability of death and the search for truth.
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Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple f
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID:: 5960
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Christ_Chasing_the_Moneylenders_from_the_Temple_f
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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The Fable of Diogenes
Oil on canvas, 97 x 145 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Painting ID:: 5961
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The_Fable_of_Diogenes
Oil on canvas, 97 x 145 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca fg
Oil on canvas, 124 x 175 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Painting ID:: 5962
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Meeting_of_Isaac_and_Rebecca_fg
Oil on canvas, 124 x 175 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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The Miracle of Soriano fg
1655
Oil on canvas, 319 x 204 cm
Santa Maria della Cella, Genoa
Painting ID:: 5963
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The_Miracle_of_Soriano_fg
1655
Oil on canvas, 319 x 204 cm
Santa Maria della Cella, Genoa
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Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple (mk05)
Canvas 39 1/4 x 49''(100 x 124 cm)Acquired for Louis XV in 1742
Painting ID:: 20495
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Christ_Chasing_the_Moneylenders_from_the_Temple_(mk05)
Canvas 39 1/4 x 49''(100 x 124 cm)Acquired for Louis XV in 1742
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CASTIGLIONE,_Giovanni_Benedetto
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1609-1664
Painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Most of his works are scenes of the journeys of the patriarchs (e.g. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob), drawn from the book of Genesis and filled with animals and still-life detail. His oeuvre also, however, includes many spectacular mythological and religious compositions set in expansive landscapes, and for these he found inspiration in Classical mythology, ancient history, Aesop's Fables, 16th-century Italian literature and the lives of the saints. Early biographers claim that he was also a prolific portrait painter, but few examples, save the so-called portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini (c. 1648-50; Genoa, Pal. Bianco), have been conclusively identified. His surviving subjects reveal his interest in magic and metamorphosis and in philosophical questions such as the frailty of human life, the inevitability of death and the search for truth.
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