Andrea Carrera

Andrea Carrera (* 1590 in Trapani ; † 1677 ibid), incorrectly also Carreca, was an Italian Baroque painter in Sicily .

Life

Andrea Carrera comes from the artist family of the same name from Trapani. Further life dates are not known. He was probably first a student of Vito Carrera , then he was in Pietro Novelli's workshop in Palermo .

His panel paintings show a clear reference to the art of Caravaggio , who was in Palermo in 1609. Carrera was a very busy painter who left a wealth of pictures, especially in western Sicily. He died very old in Trapani.

plant

• Santuario di Maria SS. Della Misericordia (Trapani): panel "Madonna della Misericordia"
• Cattedrale di San Lorenzo (Trapani): panel painting “Saint George” and ceiling frescoes in the apse
• Monasterio di Francesco di Paolo o Badia Nuova ( Alcamo ): panel painting "San Francesco di Paolo" (1642) and "Santa Caterina"
• Chiesa dei SS. Cosmas e Damiano (Alcamo): panel paintings "Madonna del Rosario" (1658) and "Madonna and Angels" (1669)
• San Domenico (Palermo): panel "Santa Rosalia"
• San Giuseppe dei Teatini (Palermo): Apse frescoes
• Museo Diocesano (Palermo): panel
• Chiesa San Cataldo ( Erice ): "Martyrdom of S. Stephan" (1667)
• Santuario della Misericordia ( Valderice ): panel " Trinity " and "Virgin Mary" (1654)
• Santa Caterina (Trapani) panel painting
• S. Maria dell'Itria (Trapani) panel painting
• La chiesa matrice di Santa Maria Assunta ( Sclafani Bagni ): panel "Annunciation" (1660)

literature

• Enrico Mauceri : Carrera, Andrea (incorrectly Carreca) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 69 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Mia Cinotti (Ed.): Catalogo della pittura italiana dal '300 al' 700. G. Mondadori, Milan 1985, ISBN 88-374-0960-5 .
• Teresa Pugliatti: Pittura dell 1500 in Sicilia. La Sicilia Orientale. Electa, Naples 1993, ISBN 88-435-4599-X .