Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1609-1664 Painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Most of his works are scenes of the journeys of the patriarchs (e.g. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob), drawn from the book of Genesis and filled with animals and still-life detail. His oeuvre also, however, includes many spectacular mythological and religious compositions set in expansive landscapes, and for these he found inspiration in Classical mythology, ancient history, Aesop's Fables, 16th-century Italian literature and the lives of the saints. Early biographers claim that he was also a prolific portrait painter, but few examples, save the so-called portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini (c. 1648-50; Genoa, Pal. Bianco), have been conclusively identified. His surviving subjects reveal his interest in magic and metamorphosis and in philosophical questions such as the frailty of human life, the inevitability of death and the search for truth.   Related Paintings of CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto :. | The Miracle of Soriano fg | Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple (mk05) | Adoration of the Shepherds (mk05) | The rest in the flight to Egypt | Entrada dos Animais na Arca de Noe |
Related Artists:
Philippe de Momper
Flemish , Antwerp circa 1610/15-1675
Hipolito Boaventura Caron
painted Arredores de Paris in 1887
caulery
ball at the valois court.c 1582 rennes, museum