Giovanni Battista Castello
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Giovanni Battista Castello (1500 or 1509 - 1569 or 1579) was an Italian historical painter.
Born in Gandino near Bergamo, he is ordinarily termed Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from the other painter (of miniatures) with the identical name from school of Genoa. His best-known works are the paintings on the vault of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato.[1] He was an architect and sculptor as well as painter.
When young, he apprenticed with Aurelio Busso of Crema, a pupil of Polidoro da Caravaggio. He was sponsored in Genoa by Tobia Pallavicino and he decorated the palazzo Pallavicino and the church of San Marcellino.
He painted of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian in the monastery of San Sebastiano. Along with Luca Cambiaso, was commisioned by the Duke Grimaldi to decorate the ceiling of the choir of the Nunziata di Portoria in Genoa, with a fresco of Christ as judge of the world. He decorated the hall of the Lanzi Palace at Gorlago, with narrative scenes of the Iliad. He worked on various projects with his friend Cambiaso, including in a chapel for the Duomo di San Lorenzo.
In 1567 he was invited to Madrid by Philip II, and there he died, holding the office of architect of the royal palaces, including the Pardo Palace. He also executed some works in the Escorial, and died holding the office of architect of the royal palace. As architect, he is supposed to have remodelled the church of San Matteo in Genoa and to have designed the imperial palace at Campetto.
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- ^ Giovanni Battista Castello - Catholic Encyclopedia article
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
