Valerio Castello

He painted the Rape of the Sabines, now in the Palazzo Brignole Sale, Genoa, and decorated the cupola of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in the same city.

[2] For the house of Francesco Maria Balbi, he collaborated with the quadraturista from Bologna, Andrea Sghizzi to fresco the palace.

In his works he is regarded by his admirers as combining the fire of Tintoretto with the general style of Paolo Veronese.

He also admired the work of Anthony van Dyck, who had spent a long time in Genoa and whose paintings could be seen all over the city.

Among his pupils were Bartolomeo Biscaino, Giovanni Paolo Cervetto, and Stefano Magnasco (the father of Alessandro).