Francesco da Castello (Flemish: Frans Van de Casteele) was a Flemish-

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painter and

manuscript illuminator An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...

, active in

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Biography

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Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

. Francesco painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' and ''Saints'' for the first chapel of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Rome. He painted a ''Madonna and child with St Niccolo Vescovo and San Giuliano'' for the chapel of San Giuliano in the church of San Rocco of Ripetta. He painted for the palace of Ciriaco Mattei. He painted a 'Martiri Turritani' for the Basilica San Gavino in Porte Torres, Sardegna. He also was a manuscript illuminator. He died at the age of 80 years during the papacy of

Pope Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII ( la, Clemens VIII; it, Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born ...

(1592-1602). He had two sons: one, Pietro, studied medicine and practiced in Palermo. The other, Michele Castello, (1588 - 28 October 1636) was mainly an illuminator, but completed a few altarpieces.

Maddalena Corvina Maddalena Corvina (1607-1664) was an Italian portrait and still life painter and engraver. Corvina specialized in miniature portrait paintings. Living and working in Rome, the House of Medici were patrons. She apprenticed under her uncle, Frances ...

was Castello's niece. She apprenticed under him for painting.

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* 16th-century births Year of death unknown Flemish Renaissance painters Italian Mannerist painters Manuscript illuminators 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters {{Netherlandish-painter-stub