Antonio Madiona

Antonio Madiona (Siracusa - Siracusa, 1719) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

Biography

He trained under Agostino Scilla in Messina, but along with Scilla, he was a protagonist in the complex artisan revolt in Messina of 1674, that overthrew the rule by the patrician aristocracy. Ultimately with the Habsburg capture of the city, he fled or was exiled to Rome, where he went to work in the studio first of Carlo Maratta, then with Mattia Preti.

He first traveled to Malta, then returned to Sicily, painting in Palermo and Messina. In Catania, along with Paolo Albertoni Romano, he painted frescoes for the church of Santa Caterina da Siena. He also painted portraits. In Siracusa he painted a St Eustachius for the church of the monastery of Monte Vergini. He also painted a St Francis Xavier and St Joseph for the Jeusuit church in Siracusa.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Memorie de' pittori messinesi e degli esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII sino al secolo XIX. by Gaetano Grano and Philipp Hackert (1821); Presso Giuseppe Pappalardo, Messina. page 236-237.


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