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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 475 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO

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