Giuseppe d'Alvino

Giuseppe d'Alvino , also Albina, called "il Sozzo" (* 1550 in Palermo ; † 1611 ibid) was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor of Mannerism in Sicily .

Life

Il Sozzo was a student of the sculptor Giuseppe Spatafora . Although he is listed as an architect, the results of his work are not known. A marble statue "Immacolata" for the Chiesa S. Francesco e S. Demetrio in Tropea is still in the church today. Most of his paintings are in the Palermo area. His assistant was the painter Leonardo De Naso . Gaspare Balsano is named as his student . The paintings “Immacolata” (1623) in the Palermitan church of Santa Maria Nuova and a crucifixion in the Museo Diocesano di Palermo are by his son Pietro Alvino (d. 1626) .

Works

• Chiesa SS. Francesco e Demetrio Tropea : marble sculpture "Immacolata"
• Chiesa Matrice (S. Maria la Nuova) ( Collesano ): panel “Santa Caterina da Alessandria”
• Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta (Alcamo): "All Saints" (1603)
• British Museum ( London ): Drawing "Descent from the Cross"
• Galleria Regionale della Sicilia (Palermo): two drawings "Vesta" and "Archangel Michael"

literature

• Enrico Mauceri : Alvino (or Albina), Giuseppe d ' . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 365 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Giovanna Famà Di Dio: Nuove riflessioni sul pittore Giuseppe Alvino detto “il Sozzo”. In: Quaderni dell'Istituto di Storia dell'Arte Medievale e Moderna. Vol. 7/8, 1983/1984, ZDB -ID 193672-4 , pp. 15-19.
• Claudia Guastella: Ricerche su Giuseppe Alvino detto il Sozzo e la pittura a Palermo alla fine del Cinquecento. In: Atti della giornata di studio su Pietro d'Asaro. Contributi alla storia della cultura figurativa nella Sicilia occidentale tra la fine del XVI e gli inizi delXVII secolo. Soprintendenza per i beni artistici e storici della Sicilia occidentale, Palermo 1985, pp. 45-95.
• Giuseppe Meli: Nota intorno a Giuseppe Albina detto il Sozzo, pittore palermitano. In: Archivio Storico Siciliano. NS Vol. 4, 1880, ISSN  1120-0715 , pp. 27-31.