Godefroy; Nic. Larmessin; Bautrois; Senter; Nic. Edelinck.—Villot, Louvre; Filhol, v. Pl. 359; Müntz, 534; Springer, 253, 509; Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 13.
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CASTIGLIONE, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO,
born
in Genoa in
1616, died in
Mantua in 1670.
Genoese school.
Called, on account
of the
beauty of his
colouring, Il
Grechetto (Little
Greek); and
in France Il
Benedetto. Pupil of Gio. Battista Paggi
and of Gio. Andrea de' Ferrari. Soprani
says he also had lessons of Van Dyck, but as
he was only nine years old when that painter
left Genoa it is probable that he merely
studied his works. Castiglione painted in
Florence, Rome, Venice, Naples, Bologna,
and Mantua, in which city he entered the
service of Duke Charles I. about 1654. He
soon won a great reputation, and received
orders even from France, England, and Germany.
Though he painted large historical
works, he is best known by his cabinet
pictures, especially landscapes and pastoral
pieces, in which he frequently introduced
animals. He left about seventy etchings.
His brother Salvatore and his son Francesco
were his pupils and imitators. Among his
best examples are: Nativity, S. Luca, Genoa;
Madonna with Saints showing true effigy of
St. Domenic to a monk of his order, S. M.
di Castello; Christ on the Cross and St. Bernard,
S. Martino, Genoa; Abraham
and Melchisedec, Adoration,
Expulsion from the Temple, Caravan,
Bacchantes and Satyrs,
Birds and Animals, Louvre, Paris;
Noah entering the Ark, Dresden Gallery,
Munich Gallery, and Uffizi, Florence.—Baldinucci,
v. 206; Soprani, 223; Lanzi, iii. 273;
Seguier, 41; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
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CASTIGLIONE, GIUSEPPE, born in Naples; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter. Lives in Paris. Works: Visiting the Cardinal Uncle, The Warrants, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876; Terrace of Palazzo Reale at Naples, Duel without Witnesses (1877); Paroquet's Lesson (1878); Plucking the Rose, W. H. Fosdick, Louisville; Prospect, W. B. Bement, Philadelphia; Soldiers of Cromwell in Haddon Hall, Visiting the Cardinal Uncle, Paris Exposition, 1878.
CASTILLO, AUGUSTIN DEL, born in
Seville in 1565, died in Cordova in 1626.
Spanish school; pupil of Luis Fernandez;
painted in fresco and oil, chiefly in Cordova.
Works: Adoration of the Magi, Cathedral,
Cadiz; Conception, Cathedral, Cordova.—Stirling,
i. 460; Viardot, 185; Ch. Blanc,
École espagnole.
CASTILLO, JUAN DEL, born in Seville
in 1584, died in Cadiz in 1640. Spanish
school; younger brother of Augustin del
Castillo; pupil of Luis Fernandez. Chiefly
noted as the master of Moya, of Alonso Cano,
and of Murillo. Works: Marriage of the
Virgin, Nativity, Assumption, Visitation, Annunciation,
Seville Museum.—Stirling, i.
460; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot,
186.
CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA, ANTONIO
DEL, born in Cordova in 1603, died there
in 1667. Spanish school; son and pupil of
Augustin del Castillo, after whose death he
studied in Seville under Zurbaran. Became
a popular portrait painter in Cordova; also
executed some religious compositions, good
in design but faulty in colouring. Vigorous
style, with effects worthy of Caravaggio.
Said to have died of despair on seeing Murillo's
pictures in Seville. Works: Adoration
of Shepherds, Madrid Museum; others
in churches and convents of Cordova, the
best at the Cathedral and in convents of St.
Francis and St. Paul; Visitation, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg.—Stirling, ii. 807; Viardot,
187; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Curtis,
345; Madrazo, 381.
