Gaspare Testone (8 May 1704 – 1801) was an Italian painter and architect, active in

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. He painted sacred subjects, primarily in the

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style.

Biography

Testone was born to the daughter of the painter

Michele Blasco Michele Blasco (1607–1661) was an Italian painter and architect, active in his native Sicily, mainly painting in sacred subjects in a Baroque style. Biography Born in Sciacca to family originally from Spain, he was initially enrolled in religio ...

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. He began learning under Francesco Aversa, a pupil of Blasco. He then moved to train in

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. He painted a ''Death of St Joseph'' and a ''St Benedict destroy the Idols and chases the Demons from Monte Cassino'' for Santa Maria dell'Itria. he also painted still lifes, genre scenes, and portraits. He also painted a ''Holy Family'', a ''St Scolastica'', and the ''Martyrdom of St Eufemia''. He painted a ''San Biagio'', a ''Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple'', an ''Annunciation'', and a ''Massacre of the Innocents''. For the church of Santa Margherita, he painted an ''Adoration of the Magi'' and a ''Nativity'' (design by

Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who ...

). Also in Sciacca, he painted a ''St. Cataldo'' and painted for the Santuario di

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a canvas depicting ''St Zosimo Administers the Eucharist to St Maria Egiziaca''.

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1704 births 1801 deaths People from Sciacca 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Sicily Italian Baroque painters Architects from Sicily 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub