Geronimo Gerardi

Geronimo Gerardi (1595-1648) was a Flemish artist active in Italy. He was born Guilliam Walsgart[1] or Hyeronimus Gerards[2].

Twelve Apostles, Museo Pepoli, Trapani.
The Immaculate Conception, chiesa di Sant'Anna la Misericordia in Palermo.
Santa Rosalia, Banca Carige collection in Genoa.

Life

Born in Antwerp, in his youth he came into contact with Rubens and with Anthony van Dyck. From 1620 onwards he was active in Palermo and Trapani in Sicily, acting as Flemish consular agent in Trapani in 1631, remaining in that city until his death[3]. During his time on the island he remained in contact with other Flemish painters there such as Antoon Van Dyck and Giovanni Basquens.

The art historian Giovanni Mendola believes that his name ought to be the Italianisation of Guglielmo Walsgart, who he initially held to be another painter[4].

Works
  • 1641, Miracle of Saint Isidore Agricola, private collection[5]

Province of Palermo

Ciminna
  • 1627, Madonna and Child Crowning Saint Rosalia with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Roch', oil on canvas, church of San Giovanni Battista

Palermo
  • 17th century, Nativity, painting, oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico.
  • 1628 - 1631, Immaculate Conception, painting, Sant'Anna la Misericordia.[6][7]
  • 17th century, The Virgin Mary Offering the Missionary Standard to St Ignatius of Loyola and to St Francis Xavier, painting, Convitto Falcone.[8]
  • 17th century, St Catherine of Alexandria,[9] galleria regionale di Palazzo Abatellis.

Province of Messina

Motta d'Affermo

Province of Trapani

Trapani
  • 1637, The Immaculate Conception, painting, opera custodita nella chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione del Collegio dei Gesuiti
  • 1647, Madonna del Rosario con i Santi Domenico e Caterina da Siena, painting, chiesa della Badìa Nuova.[10]
  • 17th century, Twelve Apostles, set of 12 oil on canvas paintings from the Collegio Gesuitico, now in the museo regionale Agostino Pepoli.[11]
  • 17th century, Sant'Andrea, oil on canvas, now in the museo regionale Agostino Pepoli
  • 17th century, The Immaculate Conception, painting, church of San Francesco d'Assisi
  • 17th century, Adorazione dei pastori, oil on canvas, protobasilica cattedrale di San Lorenzo.[12]
  • 17th century, Holy Family with St Joachim and St Anne, painting, Cappella di Sant'Alberto degli Abbati, basilica-santuario di Maria Santissima Annunziata

Genoa
gollark: And punctuation.
gollark: zxcvbnm
gollark: asdfghjkl
gollark: qwertyuiop
gollark: The trick is to press them in the correct sequence *instead of* the incorrect one.

References
  1. "Sololibri article" (in Italian).
  2. "Carige: mostra di pittori nordici, Van Dyck protagonista con la "Sacra Famiglia"" (in Italian).
  3. "Fernando Rigon, Fiamminghi e altri maestri" (in Italian).
  4. (in Italian) G.Mendola, Un approdo sicuro. Nuovi documenti per Van Dyck e Gerardi a Palermo, in Porto di Pittori e pittura a Palermo, 1570-1670, exhibition catalogue, V. Abbate et al. (editors), Electa, Napoli 1999, pp. 88-105
  5. Antonello Governale
  6. (in Italian) p 194, Gaspare Palermo, "Guida istruttiva per potersi conoscere ... tutte le magnificenze ... della Città di Palermo" , Volume secondo, Palermo, Reale Stamperia, 1816.
  7. Pagina 93, Fernando Rigon, "Fiamminghi e altri maestri: gli artisti stranieri nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto del Ministero dell'Interno" , L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2008, Pagine 140, ISBN 978-88-8265-510-5.
  8. (in Italian) Adnkronos
  9. "Palazzo Abetellis. Esposizione temporanea di un dipinto del XVII secolo proveniente dai depositi" (in Italian).
  10. "Tecla, Università di Palermo" (in Italian).
  11. magazzini Pepoli
  13. "Banca Carige apre le porte della pinacoteca alla scoperta della Sacra Famiglia di Van Dyck. Esposti i dipinti dell'ambito di Peter Paul Rubens, di Hyeronimus Gerards" (in Italian).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.