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period in

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. He is distinguished from other fellow painters for his graceful, delicate, and elegant style. He was the son of

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at the

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. Retrieved 2 September 2010. and the brother-in-law of

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. His main works are '' The Four Seasons'', a cycle of four frescoes at

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, and the ''Allegory of Wisdom'', a fresco in the Library of the Palazzo Alliata of Pietratagliata. Other works are at various churches and houses in

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and

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. Some of his drawings are preserved by the Gallery of

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Bibliography

*Agostino Gallo, manuscript, 19th century. *Citti Siracusano, ''La pittura del Settecento in Sicilia''. Rome, De Luca, 1986. *Giuliano Briganti (editor). ''La Pittura in Italia. Il Settecento'' (volume 2). Milan, Electa, 1990. *Giulia Sommariva. ''Palazzi nobiliari di Palermo''. Palermo, Dario Flaccovio Editore, 2004. *Mariny Guttilla. ''Mirabile artificio. Pittura religiosa in Sicilia dal XV al XIX secolo''. Palermo, Kalos, 2006.

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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Palermo 1795 deaths 1732 births 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub