Gaspare Testone (8 May 1704 – 1801) was an Italian painter and architect, active in

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

. He painted sacred subjects, primarily in the

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Biography

Testone was born to the daughter of the painter

Michele Blasco Michele Blasco (1628–1685) was an Italian painter and architect, active in his native Sicily, mainly painting in sacred subjects in a Baroque style. Biography Born in Sciacca to noble and primary family originally from Spain, he was initially e ...

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. He began learning under Francesco Aversa, a pupil of Blasco. He then moved to train in

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

. He painted a ''Death of St Joseph'', and a ''St Benedict destroy the Idols and chases the Demons from Monte Cassino'' for Santa Maria dell'Itria. he also painted still lifes, genre scenes, and portraits. He also painted a ''Holy Family'', a ''St Scolastica'', and the ''Martyrdom of St Eufemia''. He painted a ''San Biagio'', a ''Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple'', an ''Annunciation'', and a ''Massacre of the Innocents''. For the church of Santa Margherita, he painted an ''Adoration of the Magi'' and a ''Nativity'' (design by

Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, wh ...

). Also in Sciacca, he painted a ''St. Cataldo'' and painted for the Santuario di

San Calogero San Calogero () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southwest of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,571 and an ...

a canvas depicting ''St Zosimo Administers the Eucharist to St Maria Egiziaca''.

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1704 births 1801 deaths People from Sciacca 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Sicily Italian Baroque painters Architects from Sicily 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub