GIOVANNI BENEDETTO See also:

• CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE (1478–1529)
• CASTIGLIONE, CARLO OTTAVIO, COUNT (1784–1849)
• GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1616–1670)

CASTIGLIONE (1616–1670)  , called in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy Il Grechetto, and in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France Le Benedette, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian painter of the Genoese school, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, and studied for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time under Vandyck . He painted portraits, See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical pieces and landscapes, but chiefly excelled in fairs, markets and rural scenes with animals . See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

Noah and the animals entering the See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark was a favourite subject of his . His paintings are to be found in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, and more especially Genoa and See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua . He also executed a' number of etchings, which are spirited, See also:

• FREE

free and full of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste; " See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes searching for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man " is one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of these . The etchings are remarkable for See also:

• LIGHT

light and shade, and have even earned for See also:

• CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE (1478–1529)
• CASTIGLIONE, CARLO OTTAVIO, COUNT (1784–1849)
• CASTIGLIONE, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO (1616–1670)

Castiglione the name of " a second See also:

• REMBRANDT (1606-1669)

Rembrandt." The Presepio (Nativity of Jesus) in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• SAN

San Luca, Genoa, ranks among his most celebrated paintings, and the Louvre contains eight characteristic examples . In his closing years he lived in Mantua, See also:

• PAINTING

painting for the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court; here he received his name of " Grechetto," from the classic See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air of his pastorals, and here he died of See also:

• GOUT

gout in 167o . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother Salvatore and his son See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

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 .