Francesco Zerilli

Messina (1825)

Francesco Zerilli , also Zerillo , (born 1793 in Palermo ; died 1837 there ) was an Italian painter of classicism in Sicily .

Life

Zerilli was a student of Giuseppe Patania . He drew and pricked and painted mainly views of Palermo and the other classic places in Sicily in the style of a Hackert . The small-format tempera and gouaches on paper were painted for sale to the noble and upper-class Europeans who made a detour to Sicily on their Grand Tour .

Zerilli had his studio near the Porta Felice . He died in the European cholera epidemic in 1837 .

Exhibition and works

Fondazione Sicilia : Francesco Zerilli. Vedute e paesaggi , in the Palazzo Branciforte , Palermo, 2016

Works (selection)

1814: Two watercolors of military ships
1837: The Segesta temple near Palermo
1837: The San Martino Monastery near Palermo

literature

Zerillo, Francesco . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 464 .
Agostino Gallo: Note di artisti Siciliani. 1842. Newly published by the Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana “Alberto Bombace”, Palermo 2014, ISBN 978-88-6164-251-5 , p. 350 f. ( bibliotecacentraleregionesiciliana.it PDF).
Franco Grasso: Francesco Zerilli. Dal vedutismo prospettico alla verità pittorica (= Kalós / Maestri Siciliani. Volume 17). Ed. Ariete, Palermo 1992 (supplement to No. 2 March – April).
Massimiliano Marafon Pecoraro: Due acquerelli di Francesco Zerilli e la committenza nella Sicilia sotto il protettorato inglese all'inizio dell'Ottocento . In: Ricerche di Storia dell'Arte . No. 121 , 2017, ISSN 0392-7202 , p. 79-82 , doi : 10.7374 / 86544 .

Web links

Commons : Francesco Zerilli - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Francesco Zerilli in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ Massimiliano Marafon Pecoraro: Due acquerelli di Francesco Zerilli e la committenza nella Sicilia sotto il protettorato inglese all'inizio dell'Ottocento . In: Ricerche di Storia dell'Arte . No. 121 , 2017, ISSN 0392-7202 , p. 79-82 , doi : 10.7374 / 86544 .
↑ Zerilli, Francesco . In: furniture; Paintings by old and new masters; Weapons . Galerie Fischer, Lucerne 1935, p. 89 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Auction Catalog).

personal data
SURNAME	Zerilli, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zerillo, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter of classicism in Sicily
DATE OF BIRTH	1793 or 1794 or 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palermo
DATE OF DEATH	1837
Place of death	Palermo

[1] Massimiliano Marafon Pecoraro: Due acquerelli di Francesco Zerilli e la committenza nella Sicilia sotto il protettorato inglese all'inizio dell'Ottocento . In: Ricerche di Storia dell'Arte . No. 121 , 2017, ISSN 0392-7202 , p. 79-82 , doi : 10.7374 / 86544 .

[2] Zerilli, Francesco . In: furniture; Paintings by old and new masters; Weapons . Galerie Fischer, Lucerne 1935, p. 89 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Auction Catalog).