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BERNARDO CASTELLO (1557—1629)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 472 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERNARDO

CASTELLO (1557—1629)  , Genoese portrait and
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historical painter, born at Albaro near Genoa, was the intimate friend of Tasso, and took upon himself the task of designing the figures of the Gerusalemme Liberata, published in 1592; some of these subjects were engraved by Agostino Caracci . Besides
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painting a number of
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works in Genoa, mostly in a rapid and superficial style, Castello was employed in Rome and in the court of the duke of Savoy .

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