Vito Carrera
Vito Carrera (* 1555 in Trapani ; † June 13, 1623 ibid), incorrectly also Carreca, was a mannerist painter in Sicily .
Life
Carrera was the son of the sculptor and engraver Andrea Carrera and his wife Giovanna. In Trapani, Carrera was trained in the workshop of Giuseppe Arnino . Commissioned by the Viceroy Philibert of Savoy (1622–24), he created four portraits for the Palazzo Reale in Palermo , which his brother Giuseppe Carrera (doc. 1608–1630) completed. Furthermore, a "visitation" for the Minorite Church in Trapani and a "Last Supper" for the refectory of the monastery dell Tisa near Trapani are ascribed to him.
Vito Carrera was Pietro Novelli's second teacher during his stay in Palermo .
plant
- Chiesa del Rosario o di San Domenico ( Alcamo ): panel "Madonna dell Rosario"
- San Domenico ( Castelvetrano ): panel “San Raimondo di Peñafort” (1602)
- Chiesa dei Gesuiti (Trapani): panel painting “Sant'Ignazio”
literature
- Enrico Mauceri : Carrera, Giuseppe - (Vito) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 69 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). - (In the brother's article).
- Mia Cinotti (Ed.): Catalogo della pittura italiana dal '300 al' 700. G. Mondadori, Milan 1985, ISBN 88-374-0960-5 .
- Teresa Pugliatti: Pittura dell 1500 in Sicilia. La Sicilia Orientale. Electa, Naples 1993, ISBN 88-435-4599-X .
- Michele Cordaro: Carrera, Vito. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 20, 1977 ( treccani.it ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Enrico Mauceri : Carrera, Giuseppe - (Vito) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 69 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Carrera, Vito |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carreca, Vito |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1555 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Trapani |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1623 |
Place of death | Trapani |