Giuseppe Tresca

Giuseppe Tresca (1710–1795) was an Italian painter, active in a late Baroque or Rococo style.

He was born in Sciacca, Sicily, but trained in Rome under Sebastiano Conca. He returned to become a respected painter in Palermo,[1] where he became the master of Giuseppe Velazquez. He died in Palermo.[2] He painted with Velazquez the nave ceiling of the Chiesa Madre of Castellamare del Golfo.[3]

References
  1. Reminiscenze d'miei tempi, by Vincenzo Mortillaro, page 38.
  2. Vita di Giuseppe Velasques palermitano egregio dipintore, by Agostino Gallo, (1845) page 6-7.
  3. Comune of Sikania, tourism entry.


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