Giuseppe Zacco

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Giuseppe Zacco (born October 1786 in Catania , † March 21, 1834 in Catania) was an Italian painter in Sicily .

Zacco only painted altarpieces for churches in Eastern Sicily. He often repeated his figures, which he put together to create new motifs in late Baroque style.

Works (selection)

  • Santuario Maria SS. Annunziata al Carmine ( Catania ): Altarpieces "Santa Maria Maddalena de 'Pazzi" and "Sant Angelo carmelitano" (both 1813 )
  • Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata ( Catania ): Altarpiece "Chiesa Madre" ( Giarre : Altarpiece "Immacolata", ( 1819 )
  • Chiesa di S. Leonardo ( Comiso ): Panel paintings of Saints Agathe and Peter (1820) "Saint Bonaventure" ( 1827 ))
  • Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova ( Belpasso ): Altarpiece
  • Chiesa Madre (Macchia di Giarre): panel painting "Saint Vitus" ( 1828 )
  • Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione Dagala del Re : Altarpiece "Saint Anthony" ( 1830 )
  • Santissimo Ritrovato ( San Giovanni Montebello ): 2 panels "Annunciation" and "Crucifixion" both from 1833
  • Santuario della Madonna della Lettera ( Riposto ): "Madonna della Sacra Lettera" copy based on the Byzantine original
  • Chiesa Madre (Riposto): panel paintings

literature

  • Elena Del Savio (Red.): Sicilia (= Guida d'Italia del Touring Club Italiano. ). 6th edition. Touring Club Italiano, Milan 1989, ISBN 88-365-0350-0 , pp. 712 and 761-762.
personal data
SURNAME Zacco, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1834
Place of death Catania