Valerio Castello
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Valerio Castello born in Genoa, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and one of the pre-eminent Ligurian painters of his time. His art drew inspiration from a wide range of sources. He painted
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Adoration of the Magi, circa 1650 (MBA Strasbourg)
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is a prominent Roman Catholic church of Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th c
Valerio Castello
…prolific within Genoa during his short life. He painted the Rape of the Sabines, now in the Palazzo Brignole Sale, Genoa, and decorated the cupola of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in the same city. For the house of Francesco Maria Balbi, he collaborated with the quadraturista from Bologna, Andrea Sghizzi to fresco the palace. In…
Façade of the basilica
Destroyed interior in January 1944
The dome