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Bernardo Castello or Castelli (1557 - 1629) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist style, active mainly in Genoa. He is mainly known as a portrait and historical painter.
Castello was born in Albaro, now a quarter of Genoa. He apprenticed under Alessandro Semini and Luca Cambiaso; though he needs to be distinguished from Giovanni Battista Castello, (Il bergamesco), who was an elder friend of and collaborator with Cambiasi. He was a friend of Torquato Tasso, and took upon himself the task of designing the figures of the Gerusalemme Liberata, published in 1592. Some of these subjects were engraved by Agostino Carracci. Besides painting a number of works in Genoa, Castello was employed in Rome and in the court of the duke of Savoy.
Bernardo died when his youngest son, and most successful painter of his sons, Valerio Castello, was only six years old.
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