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Pietro Pezzati (artist)

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Pietro Pezzati (1828–1890) was an Italian painter.

Born in Tuscany, he was a resident of Livorno. He exhibited at the Promotrice of Florence: Il mio diletto a me ed io a lui and a Holy Family. In 1886, at the Exhibition of Livorno, he displayed another depicting: Virgin and Child'. Pezzati mainly painted sacred subjects.[1]

He painted the altarpiece of San Giovanni Gualberto in prayer visited by the Divine Light (1856) found in the Chapel of San Giovanni Gualberto located near Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 372.
  2. ^ website on Chapel of San Giovanni Gualberto Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.