Giuseppe Tresca Explained

Giuseppe Tresca (1710–1795) was an Italian painter, active in a late Baroque or Rococo style.

He was born in Sciacca, Sicily, but trained in Rome under Sebastiano Conca. He returned to become a respected painter in Palermo,^[1] where he became the master of Giuseppe Velazquez. He died in Palermo.^[2] He painted with Velazquez the nave ceiling of the Chiesa Madre of Castellamare del Golfo.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6lZZAAAAcAAJ Reminiscenze d'miei tempi
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=NP9L-7T_nTsC Vita di Giuseppe Velasques palermitano egregio dipintore
3. http://www.sikania.it/comuni_sicilia/trapani/castellammare_del_golfo/castellammare.html Comune of Sikania