Orazio Ferraro

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Orazio Ferraro , also called Orazio da Giuliana (* 1561 in Giuliana , † 1643 in Palermo ) was a painter and plasterer of the Baroque in Sicily .

Life

Orazio Ferraro was the youngest son and student of the famous painter, plasterer and sculptor Antonio Ferraro . Until his death ( 1609 ) he and his brother Tommaso worked in their father's workshop. He created his most important works for churches in his hometown Castelvetrano. Orazio Ferraro followed his father's style in his work.

Works (selection)

  • Chiesa San Lorenzo ( Caltabellotta ): frescoes and stucco decoration in the Lady Chapel (1594)
  • Chiesa Santa Maria Rifesi ( Burgio ): 5 niche statues made of stucco and ceiling frescoes in the choir chapel (1596)
  • Chiesa Madre (Bugio): stucco decoration
  • Chiesa di San Cataldo ( Erice ): stucco statue "Madonna della Stella" (1599)
  • Chiesa San Giovanni ( Castelvetrano ): panel painting "Adoration of the Magi" (1602)
  • Chiesa San Giuliano (Erice): Madonna Immacolata (Immaculate Conception) in Stucco (1605)
  • Cathedral ( gangi ): stucco work (with Antonio Ferraro) (before 1609)
  • Cathedral Santissimo Salvatore (Mazara): stucco decoration, with Antonio (before 1609)
  • Chiesa di Santa Margherita ( Sciacca ): Polychrome stucco decoration (1609–1624)
  • Chiesa del Monte di Prestano ( Monreale ): Altarpiece "Madonna del Stellario" (1612)
  • Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico (Palermo): panel painting "Resurrection"
  • Chiesa della Matrice (Castelvetrano): Altarpiece "Santa Maria Assunta" (1619) and a panel painting "Adorazione dei Mopi" (Adoration)
  • Chiesa Madre (Erice) : panel painting "Saint Isidorus" (1622)
  • San Domenico (Castelvetrano): stucco decorations and frescoes
  • Santa Maria del Soccorso (Castellammare): panel "Crucifixion with Peter and Paul"
  • Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis National Art Museum ( Kaunas / Lithuania ) panel painting "John the Baptist"
  • Chiesa di San Agostina ( Caltabellotta ): "Descent from the Cross" in terracotta

literature

Web links

Commons : Orazio Ferraro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Francesca Campagna Cicala: Ferraro, Orazio. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 46, 1996 ( treccani.it ).
personal data
SURNAME Ferraro, Orazio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orazio da Giuliana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH 1561
PLACE OF BIRTH Giuliana
DATE OF DEATH 1643
Place of death Palermo