Gaetano Mercurio
Gaetano Mercurio (around 1730 in Palermo ; † 1790 ibid) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque in Sicily .
Life
After an initial training with the Capuchin Father , writer and painter Fedele Tirrito , he went to Rome to the workshop of Sebastiano Conca . The first indication of his artistic activity came in 1778 when he delivered several panel paintings in Castelbuono , for example for the Chiesa Madre “Maria und Johannes Ev. appear to St. Eligius ” and other holy images. He also worked for the Chiesa SS. Crocefisso in Calatafimi , in Galati Mamertino , Chiaramonte Gulfi and for several churches in Palermo.
His sons Antonio (around 1750 to around 1800) and Gioacchino Mercurio (1758 to around 1808) worked in the father's workshop. The third son, Salvatore Mercurio , became consul of the silversmiths' guild.
Mercurio's most important student was Giuseppe Velasco .
Work (selection)
- Painting Immacolata (1774) in the Chiesa Madre (Galati Mamertino)
- Last Supper and allegorical figures (around 1770) in the Chiesa San Stanislao (Palermo)
- Holy Family , birth of Mary and San Francesco di Paolo in the Chiesa Santa Maria La Nova Chiaramonte Gulfi
literature
- Mercurio, Gaetano . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 411 .
Web links
- Mercurio Gaetano Archivio biografico comunale
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercurio, Gaetano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1790 |
| Place of death | Palermo |