Francesco da Castello

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Francesco da Castello, also known in Flemish as Frans Van de Casteele, was a Flemish-Italian painter and manuscript illuminator who worked mainly in Rome.

Notable works
- Assumption of the Virgin and Saints for the first chapel of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Rome
- Madonna and Child with St Niccolo Vescovo and San Giuliano for the chapel of San Giuliano in the church of San Rocco of Ripetta
- Works for the palace of Ciriaco Mattei
- Martiri Turritani for the Basilica San Gavino in Porto Torres, Sardinia
- Illuminations (manuscript work) in addition to his paintings

Personal life
- Died at about 80 years old during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII (1592–1602)
- Two sons: Pietro, who studied medicine and practiced in Palermo; Michele Castello (1588–1636), mainly an illuminator but who also completed a few altarpieces
- Maddalena Corvina was his niece and apprenticed under him for painting