Pietrafesa (painter)

Giovanni De Gregorio

Pietà, 1608, St. Francis Churh, Potenza
Born 1579 or 1580
Pietrafesa (now Satriano di Lucania), Basilicata, Italy
Died 1656
Pignola
Other names il Pietrafesa
Occupation artist

Giovanni De Gregorio, known as il Pietrafesa (1579 or 1580 in Pietrafesa (now Satriano di Lucania) - 1656 in Pignola, active 1653) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in the Basilicata region.[1] He painted an altar-piece of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary for the chapel of the convent of Marsico Nuovo.[2]

References

  1. Abbate, Francesco (2002). Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale, Volume 4. Donzelli Editore. pp. 177–180. ISBN 9788879897204.
  2. De Dominici, Bernardo (1742). Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani, Volume II. Stamperia del Ricciardi, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on February 1, 2007. p. 241.


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