Raffaele Gioia (1757 in

San Massimo San Massimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso, comprising . As of 2017, San Massimo has a population of 754. Etymology San Massimo is named for Saint ...

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in the

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

– July 26, 1805) was an

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painter.

Biography

He initially trained with his father, Alessandro. But was also influenced by

Paolo Gamba Paolo Gamba (29 October 1712 – 26 December 1782) was an Italians, Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active in the region of Molise. Biography He was born to poor family in Ripabottoni in the province of Campobasso, region of Molise. H ...

. Raffaele and two of his sons died during an earthquake. He painted a ''Christ handing keys to St Peter'' for the main altar of the Cathedral of

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. In the same church, he painted ''Christ and the Adulterous Woman'' and ''Christ at the Temple with the Doctors'' (choir); ''The Virgin Mary Addolorata'' and ''Saints Michael, Nicandro, Marciano and Vito'' (lateral altars). For the Cathedral of

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, he painted ''Baptism of a King'' and ''Sermon of St Bartholomew'' (1793). In a church of

Venafro Venafro (Latin: ''Venafrum''; Greek: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Isernia, region of Molise, Italy. It has a population of 11,079, having expanded quickly in the post-war period. Geography Situated at the foot of Mount Santa Croce, elevat ...

, he painted a canvas. His frescoes (1804) depicting ''Life of the Virgin'' are found in the parish church of

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. For this church, he also painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the altar, work restored in 1872 by

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.Comune of San Massimo
short biography.

References

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