Andrea Carrera

Andrea Carrera or Carreca (1590 – 3 February 1677) was an Italian Baroque painter mainly active in Sicily. He was born in Trapani and died in Palermo.

Life He was the son of Andrea and Mattia di Vincenzo, making him nephew to the painters Vito and Giuseppe Carrera. He studied literature and philosophy in Trapani before studying civil and canon law in Catania. He studied under his uncle Vito and also attended the studios of Pietro Novelli in Palermo and Anthony van Dyck in Rome. His panel paintings also show clear influence from Caravaggio, who was working in Palermo in 1609, whilst his art as a whole also shows borrowings from Venetian painting and Novelli. and the chancel of San Giuseppe dei Teatini church in collaboration with Calandricci. In 1675 he also produced paintings for the Saint Gaetano chapel in Mazara del Vallo Cathedral. Stoning of Saint Stephen (1677) canvas, San Cataldo church, Erice San Tommaso d'Aquino (1667) canvas, recorded in the Dominican monastery of San Michele church, Erice. Saints Martha and Mary Magdalene, painting on canvas, from Santissimo Salvatore church, now in the Museo civico «Antonino Cordici», Erice. St Roch and Saint Philip and Saint James, paintings on canvas, San Biagio church, Salemi. Holy Trinity with the Virgin Mary and Madonna della Misericordia (1654) paintings on canvas, Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia, Valderice. Ecstacy of Saint Catherine, painting, Badìa Nuova church, Trapani. Saint Thomas Aquinas, painting, Badìa Nuova church. Transfiguration, Saint Paul and Saint Peter Calling Saint Andrew, San Pietro church, Trapani. Saint Cecilia, attributed to him, painting on canvas, from the former Istituto del Sacro Cuore, then the villa Pignatelli Aragona Cortes all'Olivuzza, now in the Sala Rossa of the bishops' rooms or the Sala Novelli in the Diocesan Museum of Palermo Saint Teresa, recorded in the sacristy of Santa Teresa alla Kalsa church, Palermo Virgin Mary and Saint Andrea Avellino, Santa Maria della Catena church. Saint Onufrius Kneeling, fresco, vault of the antioratorio in Sant'Onofrio church, Palermo 17th century, fresco cycle on the apse of San Giuseppe dei Teatini, Palermo, in collaboration with Giacinto Calandricci 1660, Annunciation, painting on panel, Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Sclafani Bagni

Destroyed or doubtful works 1644, Saint Carlo Borromeo, commissioned by cardinal Vincenzo Artale for Palermo Cathedral, now lost, though a canvas of a similar subject is still in the minor seminary in . 1672, Fresco Cycle, recorded in the Cappella del Sacramento at Palermo Cathedral, destroyed by 18th century restorations

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