Giovanni Simone Comandè

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Giovanni Simone Comandè (* 1580 in Messina ; † 1634 ibid) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance in Sicily .

Life

Giovanni Simone was the son of the painter Stefano Comandè , a student of Polidoro da Caravaggio , and brother of Francesco Comandè (* around 1568), who was trained by Deodato Guinaccia .

Initially a student of his brother, he later went to Venice , where he was probably employed in Paolo Veronese 's workshop . Back in Messina, he often worked with his brother Francesco, who initially painted in the style of his teacher Guinaccia and later switched to Venetian painting under the influence of his younger brother Giovanni Simone.

His students were Placido Saltamacchia , Antonio Barbalonga and Alonso Rodriguez .

Most of the Comandè family's work was lost in the great earthquake of 1908 .

Documented works

  • Mili San Pietro (Messina) «Madonna» (by Simone Comandè)
  • Chiesa del Carmine (Messina): frescoes “Annunciation” and “ Pietà ” (by Simone Comandè, destroyed by an earthquake in 1783)
  • Chiesa San Bartolomeo (Messina) “Martyrdom of S. Bartholomew” (Giovanni Simone and Francesco)
  • Santa Maria di Basicò Train of the Magi (Giovanni Simone and Francesco)
  • Chiesa di San Andrea dei Pescatori (Messina): “The vocation of S. Andrew” (by Giovanni Simone)
  • Chiesa Madre ( Roccavaldina ): “Jesus Christ and saints”

literature

personal data
SURNAME Comandè, Giovanni Simone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter of the late Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Messina
DATE OF DEATH 1634
Place of death Messina