Antonio Crescenzio
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Antonio Crescenzio (active first half of 15th century) was an Italian painter, active in
Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, Sicily. He frescoed a large ''Last Judgement'' (later destroyed) and De Marzo attributes to him a ''Triumph of Death'', likely the painting
The Triumph of Death (Palermo) ''The Triumph of Death'' is a fresco created around 1440-5 now housed in the Regional Gallery of Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo, southern Italy. The name of the artist of the work has been debated. History The fresco comes from the court of Palazz ...
. De Marzo cites works dating from 1417 until 1466, although some of the later works likely belong to Antonello. He was said to be an ancestor of
Antonello Crescenzio Antonello Crescenzio, known as Antonello da Palermo, who, according to De Marzo, was the son of Antonio Crescenzio, was born early in the 16th century, and practised both as a sculptor and a painter. He was an assistant to the sculptor Gagnino in ...
, who was born early in the 16th century, and practiced both as a sculptor and a painter.Delle belle arti in Sicilia
Volume 3, by Gioacchino Di Marzo, (1862) page 110-114.


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Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian Renaissance painters 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Palermo {{Italy-sculptor-stub