CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
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.

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CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple f oil painting


Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple f
Oil on canvas Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID::  5960
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple f
Oil on canvas Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto The Fable of Diogenes oil painting


The Fable of Diogenes
Oil on canvas, 97 x 145 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Painting ID::  5961
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
The Fable of Diogenes
Oil on canvas, 97 x 145 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
   
   
     

CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca fg oil painting


Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca fg
Oil on canvas, 124 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Painting ID::  5962
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca fg
Oil on canvas, 124 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
   
   
     

CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto The Miracle of Soriano fg oil painting


The Miracle of Soriano fg
1655 Oil on canvas, 319 x 204 cm Santa Maria della Cella, Genoa
Painting ID::  5963
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
The Miracle of Soriano fg
1655 Oil on canvas, 319 x 204 cm Santa Maria della Cella, Genoa
   
   
     

CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple (mk05) oil painting


Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple (mk05)
Canvas 39 1/4 x 49''(100 x 124 cm)Acquired for Louis XV in 1742
Painting ID::  20495
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Christ Chasing the Moneylenders from the Temple (mk05)
Canvas 39 1/4 x 49''(100 x 124 cm)Acquired for Louis XV in 1742
   
   
     

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     CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
     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.

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