Pietro Martorana

Pietro Martorana
Born 1705
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died 1759
Palermo

Pietro Martorana (1705–1759) was a Sicilian painter. He was the father of Gioacchino Martorana and a member of an extended family of decorators and artists from Palermo.[1]

Martorana was born, lived and died in Palermo, in the Mediterranean island of Sicily. He painted cycles of frescoes in the churches of San Carlo, Santa Chiara and Santa Rosalia, and in the Duomo.[1][2] In 1736 he collaborated with Olivio Sozzi on frescoes in the Palazzo di Butera.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Donatella Germanó Siracusa ([n.d.]). Martorana. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed February 2016. (subscription required)
  2. Martorana, Pietro. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed February 2016. (subscription required)
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