Matteo Ragonisi
Portrait of Pietro Barrabini
Matteo Ragonisi (27 February 1660 - 13 April 1734) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in the native town of Acireale in Sicily.[1]
Biography[]
He painted both portraits and altarpieces in a provincial Baroque style. He is said to have studied in Rome Among the contemporary painters he would have known or worked with in the town were Giacinto Platania, , and .[2] He painted an altarpiece depicting Charles Borrromeo before Virgin Mary and Child with Saints Lucy, Rosalia, and Barbara for the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo, Acireale.
References[]
- ^ StoriofiliAci website entry
- ^ Giornale arcadico di scienze, lettere ed arti. Volume 167, published by Tipografia Belle Arti in Rome (1861), pages 204, 233.
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