Salvatore Castiglione
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Salvatore Castiglione was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period. He was born in Genoa
, the brother and pupil of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
, and he painted landscapes and pastoral subjects. He also completed a highly-finished etching representing the '’Resurrection of Lazarus’' (1645).
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period. He was born in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, the brother and pupil of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le...
, and he painted landscapes and pastoral subjects. He also completed a highly-finished etching representing the '’Resurrection of Lazarus’' (1645).