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Giovanni Paolo Castelli gen. Spadino - Sell & Buy

Italian still life painter. C. was thaught by his elder brother Bartolomeo whose workshop a. clients G. took over after his brothers death in 1715. C. had Flemish godfathers by whom he probably came to know Flemish still life painting; some of his works are very close to Abraham Brueghel. Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), Florenz (Gall. Corsini), Aix-en-Provence, Boston a. others. Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.