Deodato Guinaccia

Martyrdom of S. Lucia , Chiesa di S. Lucia alla Badia, Syracuse , Sicily

Santa Maria del Rosario , Chiesa del Rosario, Santa Lucia del Mela , Messina , Sicily

Deodato Guinaccia , also Deodato Napoletano, (* 1510 in Naples , † 1585 in Messina ) was a Renaissance painter in Naples and Sicily .

Life

In Naples, Guinaccia was the most important student of Polidoro Caldara, known as Polidoro da Caravaggio (1490–1549), whose style of painting he made his own and whose workshop he took over in 1549. In 1547 revolts against the policy of Viceroy Pedro Álvarez de Toledo broke out in Naples , which continued in the following years and largely paralyzed cultural life.

On the other hand, the economic and cultural importance of Messina grew during this period, so the Jesuits founded the University of Messina in 1548 and numerous public and private building projects were realized, so that the need for architects and artists grew.

Deodato Guinaccia left Naples before 1551 and settled in Messina. Here and in the vicinity he created numerous panel paintings and a few frescoes . His first panel painting documented in Messina is an "Annunciation" that Deodato created for the high altar of S. Maria delle Grazie (inscribed: "Deodat. G. Neap. Ex voto pinxit 1551"). The church belonged to the Convento Teresiani at Porta Flavia, which was destroyed along with the church during an earthquake in 1783. One of his main works is the " Pieta " on Monte di Pieta in Messina.

Contemporaries praised the composition, the chiaroscuro and the harmonious coloring of his pictures. Many of his works were destroyed during the earthquake .

The brothers Giovanni Simone and Francesco Comandè as well as Cesare di Napoli were his students.

plant

• Chiesa dei Cappuccini ( Ragusa ): Birth of Christ
• Chiesa di San Lucia alla Badia ( Syracuse ): Martyrdom of S. Lucia
• Chiesa di S. Maria del Gesù ( Naso ): Immacolata (Messina)
• Chiesa San Francesco d´Assisi: (Messina): painting
• Chiesa Matrice ( Gela ): Assumption of Mary
• Santa Maria Nuova ( Licata ): Adoration of the Shepherds (1572)
• La Basilica Cattedrale ( Santa Lucia del Mela ): San Marco (1581)
• La Basilica Cattedrale: Oratorio del Rosario (Santa Lucia del Mela): Fresco Santa Maria the Rosario
• Chiesa San Filippo Inferiore (Messina): Visitation
• Chiesa di Monte di Pietá (Messina) Madonna della Pieta
• Chiesa Confraternita de Pellegrini (Messina): Trinity
• Chiesa San Salvatore de Greci (Messina) Transfiguration
• Chiesa Santa Nunziata ( Catania ): Carrying the cross
• Chiesa dei Gesuiti ( Caltagirone ) Nativity of Christ
• Museo Regionale di Messina : Adoration of the Shepherds (1580) from the Chiesa di San Giacomo ( Milazzo )

literature

• Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Papparlando, Messina 1821.
• By a Lady (ie: Maria Farquhar): Biographical Catalog of the principal Italian Painters, with a Table of the contemporary Schools of Italy. Designed as a hand-book to the picture Gallery. = Dictionary of Italian Painters. Edited by Ralph N. Wornum. Murray, London 1855, p. 80 .
• Guinaccia, Deodato, called Deodato Napoletano . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 320–321 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Sicilian artists .

Web links

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