Placido Saltamacchia

Placido Saltamacchia ( doc . 1595-1616 in Messina ) was a history and portrait painter in Sicily .

Life

Saltamacchia was a student of Deodato Guinaccia and Giovanni Simone Comandè . Its heyday in Messina began around 1595, and the works that have survived show the strong stylistic influence of Alonso Rodriguez .

He was seen as the "new Titian " because of his talent and high quality portraits . He is said to have created numerous portraits. He was especially famous for a pieta in the church of St. Nicholas in Messina. He is said to have died young around 1616 or shortly thereafter.

Works (selection)

Chiesa S. Nicola dell'Arcivescivado (Messina) “Pieta”
Convento Benedittines (Messina): “Annunciation” (1616)

literature

Saltamacchia, Placido . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (eds.): New general artist Lexicon: or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver, etc . tape 14 : Rubens, A. – Santi, Rafael . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 222 ( books.google.de ).
Placido Saltamacchia. In: Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Papparlando, Messina 1821, p. 67 (Italian, babel.hathitrust.org ).
Saltamacchia, Placido . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 356 .

Individual evidence

↑ Placido Saltamacchia. In: Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Papparlando, Messina 1821, p. 67 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).
↑ Saltamacchia, Placido . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (eds.): New general artist Lexicon: or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver, etc . tape 14 : Rubens, A. – Santi, Rafael . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 222 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Saltamacchia, Placido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Messina
DATE OF DEATH	after 1616
Place of death	Messina

[1] Placido Saltamacchia. In: Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Papparlando, Messina 1821, p. 67 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).

[2] Saltamacchia, Placido . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (eds.): New general artist Lexicon: or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver, etc . tape 14 : Rubens, A. – Santi, Rafael . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 222 ( books.google.de ).