Matteo Desiderato
Matteo Desiderato or Desiderati (* 1752 in Sciacca , † 1827 in Catania ) was an Italian painter of classicism in Sicily.
Life
He was a student in Rome of Mariano Rossi , who was also from Sciacca, and was initially active in Catania as a collaborator with Sebastiano Lo Monaco in the Palazzo Biscari and in the Chiesa di San Benedetto.
He was a freelance fresco painter for churches in eastern Sicily.
One of his students was Giuseppe Rapisardi .
Works
- Chiesa San Benedetto (Catania) : Altarpiece "Tobias and the Archangel Raphael" and (together with Sebastiano Lo Monaco and Giovanni Tuccari ) vault frescoes
- Chiesa Madre ( Santa Maria di Licodia ): Altarpiece "Saint Leo of Catania defeats Heliodorus"
- Chiesa Madre ( Riposto ): Altarpiece
- Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Monastero ( Syracuse ): vault frescos
- Chiesa di San Benedetto Abate ( Militello ): panel "The plague in Palermo"
- Basilica Collegiata San Sebastiano Martire ( Acireale ): Four holy images
- Chiesa parrocchiale ( Aci Castello ): Two altarpieces
literature
- Gioacchino Barbera: Desiderato, Matteo. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 39: Deodato-DiFalco. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1991.
- Luigi Sarullo: Dizionario degli artisti siciliani. Pittura . Novocento, Palermo 1995, ISBN 88-373-0197-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desiderato, Matteo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desiderati, Matteo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sciacca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1827 |
| Place of death | Catania |