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VALERIO CASTELLO (1625-1659)

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

CASTELLO (1625-1659)  ,
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Italian painter, was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello (q.v.) . He surpassed his
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father, and particularly excelled in
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painting
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battle-scenes . He painted the " Rape of the Sabines," now in the Palazzo Brignole, Genoa, and decorated the cupola of the church of the Annunziata in the same city . In these
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works he is regarded by his admirers as combining the fire of Tintoretto with the general style of Paolo Veronese .

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