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Lot 45

Valerio Castello
(Genoa 1624-1659)
The Journey of Jacob to Canaan

8 December 2016, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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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).

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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).

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