Michele Blasco
Michele Blasco (born February 17, 1628 in Sciacca ; † 1685 ibid) was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque period in Sicily .
Life
Blasco, who comes from Sciacca, only worked in the vicinity of his hometown. In addition to his work as an architect, he created frescoes and panel paintings . As a painter and architect, he was commissioned to renovate the Chiesa Madre (also called Chiesa Matrice) in Sciacca around 1656. The work lasted until 1686.
Works (selection)
- Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Soccorso ( Sciacca ): reconstruction and extension of the cathedral (1656)
- Duomo ( Piazza Armerina ): expert opinion and design for the facade (1672)
- Chiesa del Collegio (Sciacca): panel “Assumption of Mary”
- Cattedrale di San Gerlando ( Agrigento ): apse painting
- Palazzo Naselli ( Aragona ): Allegorical frescoes
literature
- Giustiniano Degli Azzi Vitelleschi : Blasco . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 102 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Maria Giuffrè: Baroque Sicily . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-264-2 , p. 19, 126 (with illustration).
Individual evidence
- ^ Viaggio nella storia di Sciacca - Chiesa Madre. sciacca.it, accessed February 19, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blasco, Michele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and architect of the Baroque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1628 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sciacca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1685 |
| Place of death | Sciacca |