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Filippo Tancredi (1655–1722) was an Italian painter.
Giornale di scienze, letteratura ed arti per la Sicilia
Volumes 3-4, ''Memoria di Pittori Messinesi'' by Giuseppe Grossi Cacopardi, (1823), page 97. 1823 He trained some time in
Filippo Tancredi (1655–1722) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in Messina to a minor painter and his mother, who was sister of the painter Filippo Giannetto.Volumes 3-4, ''Memoria di Pittori Messinesi'' by Giuseppe Grossi Cacopardi, (1823), page 97. 1823 He trained some time in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, and afterwards visited Rome
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, where he entered the school of Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...
. He spent a great part of his life in Palermo, where he painted the ceiling of the church of the San Giuseppe dei Teatini, and that of il Gesù Nuovo. He died in Palermo.
References
* 1655 births 1722 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Messina Italian Baroque painters Pupils of Carlo Maratta 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub