Pietro Novelli [SEP] place of death
Pietro Novelli
Pietro Novelli (March 2, 1603 – August 27, 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Palermo. Also known as "il Monrealese" or "Pietro "Malta" Novelli" to distinguish him from his father, Pietro Antonio Novelli I. He was also nicknamed by contemporaries as the "Raphael of Sicily".
Biography.
He was born in Monreale, and died in Palermo. He initially trained with his father, a painter and mosaicist. His father died
bell tower was built in 1747–54 based on designs of Giovanni Scalfarotto.
Art works.
The interior has two sculptures by the Venetian sculptor of German origin Enrico Merengo (Heinrich Meyring). On the right is an altarpiece by Lattanzio Querena of the "Death of Francesco Saverio" (1836). An altarpiece of "Saint Michael" (1798) is by Pietro Novelli. The sacristy leads to the "Scoletta" or "Scuola Piccola della Nazione Tedesca": the hall of the German community with a series of