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An Adoration of the Shepherds for Genoa

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17/12/25 - Acquisition - Genoa, Palazzo Spinola e la Galleria Nazionale della Liguria - Another museum celebrates Christmas on the occasion of a recent acquisition: in Genoa, the Galleria Nazionale di Liguria, housed in the Palazzo Spinola, has enriched its collections with a painting by Salvatore Castiglione depicting the Adoration of the shepherds (ill. 1).


1. Salvatore Castiglione (1620-1676)
Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1645
Oil on canvas - 129 x 166 cm
Genoa, Palazzo Spinola e la Galleria Nazionale della Liguria
Photo: Galleria Nazionale della Liguria

Acquired by the Ministry of Culture from an art gallery, the canvas had been kept in a historic collection of the Descalzi family in Chiavari, where it had been documented…

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