Emidio Pallotta

Emidio Pallotta (1803-1868) was an Italian painter and architect, active mainly in his native Tolentino in the region of Marche.[1]

Biography

He studied in Rome under Tommaso Minardi, but returned to his native town to work under Giuseppe Lucatelli. He ran a school of drawing in Tolentino, and painted portraits of townspeople now kept in city hall. He frescoed in the Basilica di San Nicola a Tolentino. He designed the façade of the city Hall.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cultura Italia, note on fresco in Tolentino.
  2. ↑ Tommaso Minardi e la sua scuola, by Ernesto Ovidi, page 118.
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