CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto, a celebrated painter, was born at Genoa, and studied for some time under Vandyk. He painted portraits, historical pieces, and landscapes; but is said chiefly to have excelled in fairs, markets, and rural scenes. His paintings are to be found at Rome, Venice, Naples, and Florence. He also executed a great number of etchings, which are spirited, free, and full of taste. His son, Francesco, excelled in the same subjects; and it is thought that many paintings which are ascribed to Benedetto are only copies after him, or perhaps originals by his son.