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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
 | | In Italy he was known as Il Grechetto from his beautiful colouring, and in France as Il Benedetto. |
 | | But as Van Dyck left Genoa when Castiglione was nine years old, and since Genoa was rich in Van Dyck's works, it is more than probable that the young man never saw Van Dyck, but had ample opportunity, in his native city, to study his works and those of Rubens also. |
 | | Benedetto had many imitators, especially his brother Salvatore and his son Francesco, both his pupils. |
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