- Antonio Barbalonga
Antonio Barbalonga or Barbalunga, also called Antonio Ricci (1600-1649) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque period.He was a member of the noble family of the Alberti, born at
Messina , and was there instructed in painting bySimone Comandé . He went toRome , where he became a pupil ofDomenichino , whose style he imitated with great skill.Barbalonga executed a great number of paintings for churches, his chief work being the "Conversion of St. Paul" for the convent church of St. Anna at
Messina . He painted in Rome for both the Church of the Theatines (San Silvestro al Quirinale ) for the church ofSant' Andrea della Valle , and for the church ofSan Silvestro in Capite inRome . In Messina, he painted a " St. Gregory’‘ for the church of San Gregorio, and an "Assumption" for the S. Michèle in Messina.Other works are to be met with at
Rome ,Palermo , andMadrid . He died at Messina.References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 77| 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=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 16| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=[fr:Antonio Barbalonga
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