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Pietro Novelli (March 2, 1603 – August 27, 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Palermo. Also known as il Monrealese or Pietro "Malta" Novelli to distinguish him from his father, Pietro Antonio Novelli I. He was also nicknamed by contemporaries as the Raphael of Sicily.[1]

Pietro Novelli
Born	(1603-03-02)March 2, 1603 Monreale , Sicily
Died	August 27, 1647(1647-08-27) (aged 44) Palermo, Sicily
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Biography

He was born in Monreale, and died in Palermo. He initially trained with his father, a painter and mosaicist. His father died in 1625 from the bubonic plague.[2]

As a young apprentice he was a fellow pupil with Gerardo Asturino.[3] In 1618, he moved to Palermo and apprenticed with Vito Carrera (1555–1623). His first dated work is from 1626: St. Anthony Abbot for the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Palermo. The development of his style owed much to Anthony van Dyck, who visited Sicily in 1624 and whose altarpiece, the Madonna of the Rosary in the oratory of Santa Maria del Rosario in Palermo was highly influential for local artists. He was also commissioned works and paintings for many churches in Piana degli Albanesi, and various works to adorn the villas of the Sicilian nobility. Other influences on Novelli were the Caravaggisti or tenebrists active in Naples (for example, Ribera). Novelli also painted for the church of Santa Zita in Monreale, and painted a Marriage of Cana for the refectory of the Benedictines in Monreale.

He was injured during the revolution in Palermo in 1647, and died from his wounds.[4] His pupils included Andrea Carreca, Francesco Maggiotto, Francesco Giselli, Michele Blasco, Vincenzo Marchese, Giacomo lo Verde, and Macri da Girgenti. He was also an architect and stage set designer.

Gallery

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  Resurrection of Lazarus
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  The Marriage of the Virgin
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  Moses
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  Saint Rosalia
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  Archangel Gabriel

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 217.
• Grove Encyclopedia entry
• Getty Guide biography
• Cain and Abel at web gallery of Art

На других языках

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[de] Pietro Novelli

Pietro Novelli (* 2. März 1603 in Monreale; † 27. August 1647 in Palermo) genannt „Il Monrealese“ war der wichtigste sizilianische Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts.

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- [en] Pietro Novelli

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[es] Pietro Novelli

Pietro Novelli, llamado il Monrealese (Monreale, 2 de marzo de 1603 – Palermo, 27 de agosto de 1647), fue un arquitecto y pintor barroco italiano.

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[fr] Pietro Antonio Novelli II (1608 - 1647)

Pietro Antonio Novelli dit Il Monrealese ou Pietro Malta Novelli (Monreale, 18 janvier 1608 - Palerme, 25 août 1647), est un peintre italien du XVIIe siècle[1].

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[it] Pietro Novelli

Pietro Novelli, detto il monrealese (Monreale, 2 marzo 1603 – Palermo, 27 agosto 1647), è stato un pittore e architetto italiano, il più importante e influente artista del Seicento in Sicilia. Fu uno dei maggiori pittori del suo tempo e fu nominato architetto del regno.

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[ru] Новелли, Пьетро

Пьетро Новелли (итал. Pietro Novelli, 2 марта 1603 (1603-03-02), Монреале — 27 августа 1647, Палермо) — итальянский живописец эпохи барокко, работавший в основном в Палермо.

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