Lot 1086 Dα

Sadly, we know very little about the life of the seascape painter Lorenzo A. Castro. We know that he was born in Antwerp to the Portuguese painter Sebastian Castro who had settled on the Schelde and also specialised in seascapes. We also know that Lorenzo travelled extensively, with stays recorded in Lissabon, Genoa, Sicily and Malta. He also resided in London from 1672 to 1686, where he made a successful living painting Mediterranean scenes, and many of his works are still kept in both private and public collections in England.