Filippo Tancredi

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Filippo Tancredi (* 1655 in Messina , † 1722 in Palermo ) was an Italian painter of the Baroque in Sicily .

Life

Son of a lesser known painter Pietro Tancredi , from whom he probably received his first training. Afterwards he went to Naples in the workshop of his uncle Filippo Giannetto and finally to Rome to Carlo Maratta , whose late baroque style of painting spread through his numerous students all over Italy. In 1708 Tancredi settled in Palermo. His high technical skill and his flair for color and form made him one of the most popular painters of his time in Sicily.

Towards the end of the 17th century he painted panels for the Oratorium di San Giacomo in Messina and for the Santuario di San Paolino in Sutera for the city ​​of Alcara li Fusi near Messina . Otherwise he was mainly active as a painter of frescoes .

Most of his frescoes in Messina and the surrounding areas were lost due to the earthquake in Messina in 1908 .

Panel paintings

The "Visitation" in the Regional Museum of Messina
  • Sutera , Santuario di San Paolino: “Madonna Enthroned” (around 1700)
  • Alcara li Fusi , Chiesa Madre: “Rediscovering the body of San Nicolo Politi”
  • Alcara li Fusi: and “Martyrdom of Sant'Antonio Abate” (1715)
  • Museo Regionale di Messina : “Visitation” (from the Oratory di San Giacomo) and “Birth of Christ”
  • Naso , SS. Salvatore: "Madonna dell'Itria"
  • Palermo, Chiesa Santa Anna: “Our Lady and San Diego” (1704)
  • Sutera , Santuario di San Paolino, "Madonna Enthroned with St. Cosmas and Damian" (around 1700 approx.)

Frescoes

  • Palermo, Chiesa della Assunta: Dome fresco (1670)
  • Randazzo Chiesa di Santa Maria: Fresco “Legend of Mary” (1682)
  • Palermo, Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Teatini: frescoes “Recovery of the body of S. Nicolò Politi” (1710) and “Scenes around San Gaetano” (1693)
  • Palermo, Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli della Gancia : frescoes “Franciscan Saints” (1697) by Antonio Grano completed around 1700, as well as “Adoration of the Magi” (attribution)
  • Palermo, Oratorio SS. Elena e Costantino: frescoes
  • Palermo, Oratorio di SS. Pietro e Paolo: ceiling frescoes
  • Messina, Chiesa della Pietà: ceiling frescoes (1707)
  • Messina, Chiesa della SS. Annunziata, ceiling fresco
  • Palermo, Chiesa Santa Anna: ceiling fresco “Assumption”
  • Carini, Chiesa degli Agonizzanti: “Scenes from the Life of Mary” (attribution)

literature

  • Mia Cinotti (Ed.): Catalogo della pittura italiana dal '300 al' 700. G. Mondatori, Milan, ISBN 88-374-0960-5 .
  • Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Giuseppe Papparlando, Messina 1821, pp. 207-209 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Luigi Lanzi : Storia Pittorica Della Italia Dal Risorgimento Delle Belle Arti Fin Presso Al Fine Del XVIII Secolo (= Biblioteca scelta di opere italiane antiche e modern. Class 6: Scienze ed arti, lettere pittoriche. Volume 132). Volume 2: Ove Si Descrive La Scuola Romana E Napolitana. 6. Edizione. Silvestri, Milan 1823, p. 373 ff. ( Books.google.it ).
  • Teresa Pugliatti: Pittura dell Cinquecento in Sicilia. Electa, Naples 1993.
  • Tancredi, Filippo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 428 .

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personal data
SURNAME Tancredi, Filippo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH Messina
DATE OF DEATH 1722
Place of death Palermo