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Valerio Castello(Genoa 1624-1659)The Journey of Jacob to Canaan
6 April 2017, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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Valerio Castello (Genoa 1624-1659)
The Journey of Jacob to Canaan
oil on canvas
45 x 71cm (17 11/16 x 27 15/16in).
oil on canvas
45 x 71cm (17 11/16 x 27 15/16in).
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Provenance
Inherited by the present owner from a private collection, UK
Comparable sketches from both a stylistic and a compositional point of view, in oil on canvas and of a similar size by Castello include: Abraham and the Three Angels, 32.5 x 42.3 cm.; The Adoration of the Magi, 27.5 x 40 cm.; and The Flight into Egypt, 57 x 41 cm. (see Camillo Manzitti, Valerio Castello, Genoa 1972, nos. 98, 103 and 105, pp. 178, 184 and 186-7).
