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
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

[1] 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 ).