CASTELLI, BERNARDO (1557-1629), a Genoese portrait and historical painter, was the intimate friend of Tasso, and took upon himself the task of designing and etching the figures of the Gierusalemme Liberata.
Valerio Castelli, son of the preceding (1625-1659), surpassed his father, and particularly excelled in painting battle-scenes. He painted the Rape of the Sabinæ for the ducal palace at Florence, and decorated the cupola of the church of the Annunciation at Genoa. In these works he is regarded as combining the fire of Tintoretto with the fine taste of Paolo Veronese.