Antonio Gresta Explained

Antonio Gresta
Birth Place:Ala, Trentino, Italy
Death Place:Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Occupation:Painter

Antonio Gresta (1671 in Ala, Trentino  - 1727 in Bruchsal) was an Italian painter.[1]

Gresta apparently trained in Verona and Venice.[2] Among his works are frescoes in the church of the Carmine in Trento. Along with the painter-sculptor Gaspare Antonio Baroni di Cavalcabò, he helped decorate the church of the Santissimi Trinità in Sacco near Rovereto; the Palazzi Pizzini and Taddei in Ala; and the bishop's residence in Bressanone. Gresta painted altarpieces for parish churches in Ala. A year before his death, he traveled to the German town of Bruchsal to become court painter.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Garollo, Gottardo . 1907. Dizionario biografico universale . Ulrico Hoepli. 880 . Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan.
  2. Fabien Benuzzi, Una traccia documentaria per il periodo veneziano di Antonio Gresta, «Studi Trentini. Arte», 90 (2011), 2, pp. 339-340.
  3. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-gresta/ Encyclopedia Treccani