Giovanni Battista (1500) Castello Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Giovanni Battista (1500) Castello Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 25, 2024
Frans van de Casteele llamado Francesco da Castello ( Bruxelles, ca. 1541-Roma 1621)
Est: €50,000 - €60,000
Frans van de Casteele llamado Francesco da Castello ( Bruxelles, ca. 1541-Roma 1621) "Holy Family with St. John the Baptist" Important medallion with painting on both sides, on one side depicting the Holy Family and on the other, Jesus with the orb under his hands. It is presented in a remarkable frame in silver and gilded silver from the period. Gouache and gold leaf on parchment. Total measures: 15 x 14 cm. Parchment diameter: 8 cm. This lot has been declared "Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC)" (Good of Cultural Interest) by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, therefore we inform you that it is not allowed to be exported.
La Suite Subastas
Oct. 27, 2022
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTELLO, “THE GENOVESE” (Genoa, 1549 - ca. 1639), The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, dated 1580
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Exceptional illumination in tempera and gold on vellum, measurements: 25 x 18 cm. Giovanni Battista Castello was born in Genoa into a family of artists. Older brother of the painter Bernardo Castello (1557-1629), he was nicknamed “El Genovés” to distinguish him from Giovanni Battista Castello “El Bergamesco” (ca.1509-1569). He trained in the studio of Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585), considered the most prolific Genoese artist of the time. Giovanni Battista Castello distanced himself from the other apprentices. and soon rose to prominence as a freelance artist with a reputation as one of the city's leading illustrators. Castello specialized in miniatures and illuminations in tempera on parchment, a field in which he fully showed his technical mastery, as is evident in this beautiful work. So great was the artist's fame that he caught the attention of Philip II of Spain who hired Castello in 1584 as an illuminator for the royal choir books at El Escorial. Documentary evidence reveals that Castello had returned to his hometown in 1590 and it was there that in 1599 he received a commission from Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III, to copy an icon for the church of San Bartolomeo degli Armeni. The years around the turn of the century mark the most prolific period in Castello's career, a time when he had already acquired enormous prestige, as is clear from Raffaello Soprani's description of him in his Vite dei Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Genovesi (1674), praising Castello's “colorita with meravigliosa exquisiteness”. Soprani describes him as one of the best miniaturists of his time and comparable to Giulio Clovio (1498-1578), who according to his biographer Vasari was considered the “piccolo e nuovo Michelangelo”. Regarding the present work, the expert Elena De Laurentiis has written: “This unpublished miniature is one of the earliest known works by the artist and is characterized by meticulous and exquisite attention to detail. The model derives from a free interpretation of Giulio Romano's painting of the same theme found in the church of Santo Stefano in Genoa”. Castello's brilliant and refined use of color is evident in this work, which can be compared to The Adoration of the Magi, signed and dated 1588, in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. Literature: De Laurentiis, Elena. Il pio Genovese. Giovanni Battista Castello” in Alumina, page miniate, no. 37, April-June 2012, p. 26-35, rep. p. 26.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
May. 05, 2022
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Castello, "il Bergamesco" (Gandino, Bergamo, circa 1509 - Madrid, 1569)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Castello, "il Bergamesco" (Gandino, Bergamo, circa 1509 - Madrid, 1569) "Holy Family with a Martyr Saint". Miniature in tempera and gold on parchment. With an embossed, 18th century silver frame with floral motifs. 13,5 x 11 cm. Frame measurements: 22,5 x 17,5 cm. Depiction of the Holy Family with a martyr saint holding a palm leaf, painted in a cramped space with a small window which looks out on an urban landscape. The Virgin Mary is wearing an elegant lapis lazuli blue tunic. The child is naked and looks at his father devotedly, while the saint appears lost in thought, contemplating the Christ Child. As Elena de Laurentiis Accornero, notes in the chapter of the book "España y Génova. Obras, artistas y coleccionistas" (Spain and Genoa. Works of art, artists and collectors): "En la Vita de Gio. Battista Castello was an extremely hardworking Genovese miniature painter. He was included among the first commemorative history of the artists who worked in Genovese territories in the 16th and 17th centuries, Le Vitte de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti genovesi e de'Forastieri che in Genova operarono, by Raffaele Soprani. Published posthumously in 1674, the author explains that Castello became a miniaturist after having been a gold and silversmith in his youth. Under the tutelage of Luca Cambiaso, who guided him in the study of drawing, he began to make miniature devotional images which were frequently displayed on portable altars or in reliquaries. Very quickly he reached such "excellence" and "perfection" in this art that "he became famous in the world". Battista Castello’s reputation, considered by Soprani to be one of the best miniature-painters of the period after Giulio Clovio, was not limited to Italy, but was known all over Europe. His miniatures appear in famous palaces of the period such as the Palazzo Borghese in Rome, that of Giovanni Andrea Doria in Genoa and the Ducal Palace in Pesaro". In Spain, Philip II called him to the court to paint miniatures on the liturgical books for the Royal Monastery El Escorial. Bibliographic reference: - Boccardo, P., Colomer, J. L. y Di Fabio, C. (2003). "España y Génova. Obras, artistas y coleccionistas" Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica. Medieval.
La Suite Subastas
Dec. 16, 2021
Castello Giovanni Battista, Madonna con Bambino e San Giovannino
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
in cornice in legno ebanizzato, tempera su pergamena, W. 136 - H. 182 mm
Cambi Casa d'Aste
Sep. 22, 2020
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTELLO, DETTO IL BERGAMASCO 1509-1569 SALOMÈ CON LA TESTA DEL BATTISTA SALOME WITH THE HEAD OF THE BAPTIST
Est: -
Tempera on vellum with decorative border with branches, flowers, birds and insects. 8.66 x 6.69 in. Within a wooden 17th Century aedicule frame, carved and gilded, with doors decorated with angels. TAGS: Paintings
Aste Bolaffi
Sep. 22, 2020
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTELLO, DETTO IL BERGAMASCO 1509-1569 MADONNA CON BAMBINO (MADONNA MACKINTOSH) MADONNA AND CHILD (MACKINTOSH MADONNA)
Est: -
Tempera on paper, border with fruit and vegetables, two cartouches with Latin inscriptions. 7.48 x 5.51 in. Within a later aedicule frame with inserts in gilded and silvered metal. TAGS: Paintings
Aste Bolaffi
Jan. 28, 2020
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino ca. 1509-1579 Madrid) - Design for an altar
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino ca. 1509-1579 Madrid) Design for an altar black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash 15 7/8 x 10 ½ in. (40.3 x 20.6 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 07, 2019
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTELLO
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
(Genova, 1547-1637) Cristo caduto Matita e acquerello, cm 22,8X17,7 L¿opera in esame è stata riconosciuta a Giovanni Battista Castello da Elena De Laurentiis. L¿artista, detto Il Genovese per non essere confuso con il bergamasco Giovanni Battista Castello (1509 - 1569 circa), è noto per le sue eleganti miniature, altamente rifinite nei dettagli e nei colori. Fratello di Bernardo Castello (1557/59-1629), il celebre pittore e illustratore della Gerusalemme Liberata (1590) di Torquato Tasso e zio dell'altrettanto famoso Valerio Castello (1624-1659), fu lodato per il suo talento dai poeti e dagli scrittori della sua epoca, come Angelo Grillo (Pietosi Affetti, 1595), Giovanni Soranzo (Dell'Adamo, 1604), Gabriello Chiabrera (Rime, 1599 e 1605) e Giovan Battista Marino (La Galleria, 1619). Il Castello intraprese durante la sua attività incarichi per prestigiosi mecenati come Filippo II di Spagna e Margherita d'Austria e la nostra composizione, riferibile alla prima maturità, potrebbe essere stata prodotta come un'immagine indipendente o appartenuta a una serie dedicata alla vita di Cristo. Bibliografia di riferimento: R. Soprani, 'Le Vite de' Pittori, Scoltori et Architetti genovesi e de Forastieri che in Genova operarono con alcuni Ritratti de gli stessi', Genova, 1674, pp. 135-139 C. Di Fabio, 'Gio. Battista Castello, 'il Genovese': miniatura e devozione a Genova fra Cinque e Seicento', Genova 1990. ad vocem M. Newcome, 'Giovanni Battista Castello', in 'Arte Cristiana', 768, 1995, pp. 197-208 ' E. De Laurentiis, Giovanni Battista Castello il Genovese, Giulio Clovio e lo scriptorium dell'Escorial', in 'Genova e la Spagna. Opere, artisti, committenti, collezionisti', a cura di P. Boccardo, J. L. Colomer, C. Di Fabio, Cinisello Balsamo 2002, pp. 156-165 E. De Laurentiis, 'Il pio Genovese Giovanni Battista Castello, Alumina. Pagine miniate', 37, 2012, pp. 26-35
Wannenes Art Auctions
Jan. 11, 2019
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Castello (c. 1509-1569): Lute Playing
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ink and wash on paper, unsigned, with a collector's mark (Lugt 893) lower right.9 3/4 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 x 19 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jan. 31, 2013
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino 1509-1569 Madrid)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino 1509-1569 Madrid) The quarrel of Venus, Jupiter and Minerva black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash 12 x 10½ in. (30.2 x 26.8 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2010
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino 1509-1569 Madrid)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino 1509-1569 Madrid) The Annunciation; and The Death of the Virgin dated '1586' and with inscription 'L [...] Cav. di Lig.' (on the mount, lower left) (1) pen and brown ink, brown wash 22 x 17 cm. (24.8 x 18.2 cm.) a pair (2)
Christie's
Jan. 28, 2009
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamesco Gandino c. 1509-1569 Madrid
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamesco Gandino c. 1509-1569 Madrid The Adoration of the Shepherds bodycolor on vellum 8½ x 5 7/8 in. 21.6 x 14.9 cm.
Christie's