Francesco Comande (16th century) was an Italian painter of a Renaissance style, born and active in

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

, Sicily. He was a pupil of Deodato Guinaccia.''Guida del Viagiatore in Sicilia''.
by Salvatore Lanza, Presso I Fratelli Pedone Lauriel, Palermo (1859), page LXII. His brother Simone Comande, born in 1588, was also a painter, and collaborated with his brother. Their styles differed with Simone having a style more influenced by the

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

school. Simone painted a ''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew'' in Messina, and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the monastery of

Basicò Basicò is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Basicò borders the following municipalities: Montalbano Elicona, Tripi. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comande, Francesco Painters from Messina 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Renaissance painters