Lot 33: Giovanni Battista Castello, il Genovese (Genoa 1547-1637/9)

The Adoration of the Magi
black chalk, bodycolour heightened with gold on vellum, the corners cut
9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (248 x 200 mm.)

C. Di Fabio, Gio. Battista Castello, Genoa, 1990, no. 11.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 April 1988, lot 42.

Clario di Fabio dated the present bodycolour to the last years of the 16th Century or the first years of the 17th Century, and added that the model was probably based on a composition by Paggi or Lomi (cf. the picture in S. Spirito in Florence).

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis