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Giovanni Battista Castello, called Il Genovese (Genoa 1547-1637/39)
Lot 7

Giovanni Battista Castello, called Il Genovese (Genoa 1547-1637/39)

The Agony in the Garden, in a elaborate decorative frame

Fermé5 July 2016

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GBP 7,500

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Giovanni Battista Castello, called Il Genovese (Genoa 1547-1637/39)
The Agony in the Garden, in a elaborate decorative frame
traces of black chalk, bodycolour, gum Arabic, watercolour heightened with gold on vellum, the outlines of the decorative frame incised (recto); with musical score (verso)
9 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (23.3 x 28.9 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1998, lot 82.

Note du spécialiste

The rendering of the figures and the meticulous technique are typical of Castello who specialized in miniatures on vellum (see C. Di Fabio, in Gio. Battista Castello, Il Genovese, exhib. cat., Genoa, Palazzo Bianco, 1990, no. 34).