Mariano Riccio

Mariano Riccio, Pieta of the Converted, oil on canvas, 182 x 152 cm. Regional Museum of Messina

Mariano Riccio (born 1510) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.

He was born at Messina, and painted altarpieces. He was a pupil of Franco, and afterwards of Polidoro da Caravaggio, whose style he successfully imitated. His son, Antonello Riccio, was also a painter.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 372. http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1.