Vito D'Anna (14 October 1718 – 13 October 1769) was an Italian painter, considered the most prominent painter of Palermitan

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and one of the most important artists of

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Biography

He was the father of Alessandro D'Anna, the brother-in-law of Francesco Sozzi, and the son-in-law of Olivio Sozzi. He studied in

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under Pietro Paolo Vasta from 1736 to 1744, when he returned to Palermo. In Acireale, he had painted ''Portrait of the Provost Gambino''. Returning to Palermo, Vito married the daughter of the Catanese painter Olivio Sozzi. Sozzi helped arrange D'Anna to work with the circle of an aged Corrado Giaquinto in Rome. D'Anna frescoed a number of palaces, and the churches of San Sebastiano, San Matteo and del Salvatore in Palermo. Among his works were: his fresco of the ''Madonna dei Raccomandati'' in the church of the same name, his ''Nativity'' in the church della Grotta, ''Self-portrait'' in the Pinacoteca Zelantea. His nephew,

Giuseppe Patania Giuseppe Patania (January 18, 1780 – February 23, 1852) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He painted portraits and historical subjects. Biography He was born in Palermo, Sicily. He studied with Giuseppe Velasco and Vince ...

, was also a painter.

Works

*''Apotheosis of St. Dominic'' or ''Gloria dei santi domenicani'', 1751, frescos of the

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, church Santa Caterina,

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. *''The Triumph of Minerva'', 1751, fresco, Palazzo Benenati Ventimiglia, Palermo. *''Allegory of Virtues'', 1751, frescos, Palazzo Benenati Ventimiglia, Palermo. *''Il Trionfo dei Re Magi'', 1751–52, fresco, Chiasa dei Tre Re, Palermo. *''Trinità'', oil on wood, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo. *'' Apotheosis of Palermo'', 1760, fresco of the ballroom, Palazzo Isnello, Palermo. *''Allegory of Political Virtues'', 1762, fresco of the ballroom, Palazzo Alliata di Pietratagliata, Palermo.Storia di Palazzo Alliata di Pietratagliata
. Retrieved 1 September 2010. *''Glory of the Princes of Resuttana'', 1762, fresco of the ballroom, Villa Resuttana, Palermo. *''Glory of St. Basil'', 1763–65, frescos, church of Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo.

Honors

*In 1762 he was elected a member of the Academy of Saint Luke *In 1765 he was named

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*In 1765 he became a

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of the

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References

Bibliography

*Agostino Gallo, manuscript, 19th century. *Renato Roli, Giancarlo Sestieri. ''I disegni italiani del Settecento''. Treviso, Canova Edizioni, 1982. *''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', 32nd issue. Rome,

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, 1986. *Citti Siracusano, ''La pittura del Settecento in Sicilia''. Rome, De Luca, 1986. *Giuliano Briganti (editor). ''La Pittura in Italia. Il Settecento'', volume 2. Milan, Electa, 1990. *Sergio Troisi, ''Vito D'Anna''. Palermo, «Kalos», issue 4, July/August, 1993. *Giulia Sommariva. ''Palazzi nobiliari di Palermo''. Palermo, Dario Flaccovio, 2004. *Mariny Guttilla. ''Mirabile artificio. Pittura religiosa in Sicilia dal XV al XIX secolo''. Palermo, Kalos, 2006. *Mariny Guttilla (editor). ''Cantieri decorativi a Palermo dal tardo barocco alle soglie del neoclassicismo'', in ''Il Settecento e il suo doppio''.''Il Settecento e il suo doppio''. Table of contents
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. Retrieved 1 September 2010. Palermo, Kalós, 2008, p. 177–206.

Notes

External links

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:DAnna, Vito 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 1718 births 1769 deaths Painters from Palermo 18th-century Italian male artists