- Pietro Novelli
Pietro Novelli (1603-1647) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period,active mainly inPalermo . Also known as "il Monrealese" or "Pietro "Malta" Novelli" to distinguish him from his father,Pietro Antonio Novelli .He was born in
Monreale , and died in Palermo. He initially trained with his father, a painter and mosaicist, then in 1618, he moved to Palermo and apprenticed withVito Carrera (1555–1623). His first dated work is from 1626: "St. Anthony Abbot" for the church of Sant' Antonio Abate. The development of his style owed much toAnthony van Dyck , who visitedSicily in 1624 and whose altarpiece, the "Madonna of the Rosary" in the oratory ofSanta Maria del Rosario in Palermo was highly influential for local artists. Other influences on Novelli were the Caravaggisti or tenebrists active inNaples (for example, Ribera). Novelli also painted for the church of "Santa Zita" inMonreale , and painted a "Marriage of Cana" for the refectory of the Benedictines in Monreale.His pupils included
Francesco Maggiotto . He was also an architect and stage set designer.References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 217| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0629/T062922.asp| Grove Encyclopedia entry]
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=571]
* [http://www.wga.hu/html/n/novelli/cainabel.html| "Cain and Abel"]
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