Giuseppe Palmieri (1674 - May 18, 1740) was an Italian painter of the late

Baroque period The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

. Palmieri was born in

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. Orphaned as a baby, he came into the care of an uncle. As a boy, after his uncle died, he was apprenticed to an unidentified Tuscan painter, with whom he travelled through

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, including a long stay in

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. Returning to Genoa, he joined the large studio of

Domenico Piola Domenico Piola (1627 – 8 April 1703) was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. He was the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the 17th century, working on ceiling frescoes for many Genoese churches and palaces and canvas paintin ...

, where he first gained independent commissions. He was very religious, and completed without pay some of his works for the monasteries of the

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(now mostly preserved in the church of the Holy Conception in Genoa). Some pictures depicting hunting scenes were painted for King

John V of Portugal Dom John V ( pt, João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 ...

. In this style of painting, he was influenced by Castiglione. He fathered many children. He died in Genoa and was buried in the church of St. James of Carignano in Genoa.

Works

During his career Giuseppe Palmieri produced many works. Below is a list of some of his paintings: * ''

St. Sebastian Saint Sebastian (in Latin: ''Sebastianus''; Narbonne, Narbo, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire c. AD 255 – Rome, Roman Italy, Italia, Roman Empire c. AD 288) was an early Christianity, Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional beli ...

'' in the church of Santa Maria di Castello (Genoa) * ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, which ...

'' and ''Preaching of

San Vincenzo Ferreri Vincent Ferrer, OP ( ca-valencia, Sant Vicent Ferrer , es, San Vicente Ferrer, it, San Vincenzo Ferreri, german: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer, nl, Sint-Vincent Ferrer, french: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Valencian D ...

'' in the church of San Domenico (Genoa) * ''

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in glory with angels'' in the church of San Lorenzo della Costa at

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* '' St. Anthony preaches to the fishes'', ''St. Anthony with the Child Jesus'' and ''St. Anthony preaches to Ezzelino da Romano'') in the church of Santissima Annunziata of Portoria (also known as the church of St. Catherine of Genoa) * '' St. John Nepomuk'' in the church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary ( Campoligure) * ''Virgin and Saints'' in the church of Santa Caterina ( Rossiglione) * '' St. Francis in ecstasy'' in the church of Santa Maria Assunta (

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) * ''

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...

dying'' in the

Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina The Oratorio di San Giacomo della Marina (translated as Oratory of St. James of the Marina) is a small chapel or prayer-house at the dockside in Genoa, northern Italy. Erected in 1453, the oratory was rebuilt and decorated in the 17th century. Twe ...

(Genoa) * ''

St. Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...

'' in the church of Santa Maria Assunta (

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) * ''Ecstasy of

St. Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurre ...

'' preserved in the

Art collection of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena The Galleria dei dipinti antichi or the ''Gallery of Antique Art'' is a small, but publicly exhibited collection of artists mainly from Emilia-Romagna, amassed by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena, the owner of Cesena's saving bank Cassa ...

* ''The Flight from Egypt'' in private collection The following is a list of fresco work: * ''

Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

and

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s'' in the church of St. Mary Magdalene (Genoa) * ''

Last Judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

''; fresco in the ceiling of Oratory of Assunta, near to the church of Nostra Signora Incoronata, in the quarter of Coronata ( Genoa-Cornigliano). * Apse of the church of

Santa Maria delle Vigne Santa Maria delle Vigne is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Genoa, Italy. It was built in the 10th century. The main altar was completed in 1730 by Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli. The church is also the final resting place of the leading early It ...

(Genoa) * Oratory of St. Anthony in the

Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is the Catholic cathedral of Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century. It is named ''Vastato'' because the area where it ...

(Genoa) * Convent of St. Chiara ( Genoa-Albaro)

References

* * * *Storia della pittura italiana esposta coi monumenti By Giovanni Rosini, page 160.

External links

The picture Ecstasy of St. Mary Magdalene'' in the art collection of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmieri, Giuseppe 1674 births 1740 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists