Portrait of Pietro Barrabini Matteo Ragonisi (27 February 1660 - 13 April 1734) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in the native town of Acireale in

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Biography

He painted both portraits and altarpieces in a provincial Baroque style. He is said to have studied in Rome Among the contemporary painters he would have known or worked with in the town were Giacinto Platania, Baldassare Grasso, and Giovanni Lo Coco.Giornale arcadico di scienze, lettere ed arti
Volume 167, published by Tipografia Belle Arti in Rome (1861), pages 204, 233. He painted an altarpiece depicting ''Charles Borrromeo before Virgin Mary and Child with Saints Lucy, Rosalia, and Barbara'' for the church of

Santi Pietro e Paolo, Acireale Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Sicilian Baroque, Baroque-style, Roman Catholic collegiate basilica church located in central Acireale in the region of Sicily of Italy. It rises adjacent to the Cathedral of Acireale. History and description A local ...

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1660 births 1734 deaths Painters from Sicily 17th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub