Giovanni Battista Spadino - Artist Info

About Giovanni Battista Spadino

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Giovanni Battista Castelli
  • Biography

    Giovanni Paolo Castelli was born in 1659 in Rome. Called Lo Spadino, he was active there. His favorite subject were fruit and floral still lifes. More than a dozen of Spadino's works are part of the collections of the Pinacoteca Civica Fortunato Duranti. His first painting instructor was his brother Bartolomeo, who also devoted himself primarily to painting floral still lifes. Between 1671 and 1674, Giovanni Battista Spadino was a neighbor of Abraham Brueghel and it is possible that he also became his student....

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