Serenario, Gaspare

He studied painting with the artist Martino Susino in Palermo, then in the workshop of Giglielmo Borremans . In 1730 he came to Rome and continued his studies in the workshop of Sebastiano Conca , the so-called. "Accademia del Nudo", which attracted students from all over Europe.

Having become an independent artist, in 1739 he joined the Congregation of virtuosos of the Pantheon . In subsequent years, he painted frescoes and altar paintings in many Roman churches and cathedrals. On the recommendation of Archbishop Cosenza , Cardinal Michele Kapichio Galeotta, he was awarded the title of Knight ( Cavaliere Lateranense and Conte Palatino ) by Pope Benedict XIV .

Around 1750 he returned to Palermo, where he created decorative murals for a number of local palaces and churches, in several cases, together with Vito d'Anna . After the artist painted a portrait of the Viceroy of Sicily Eustacio Laviefill, the latter awarded him the title of Director of the Palatine Mosaics .

• Church of Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzi (Rome) - cycle of paintings
• Church of Santa Maria in Trivio (Rome) - paintings
• Church of Santa Teresa (Rome) - paintings from St. Theresa and John
• Palazzo Conte Federico - ceiling frescoes (together with Vito d'Anna).
• Palazzo Gagni-Valgarner (Palermo) - ceiling murals in the Hall of Mirrors
• Palazzo Mazarino (Palermo) - ceiling murals in the gallery
• Church of Santa Orsola (Palermo) - Triumph of St. Ursula .
• Church of San Francesco di Paola (Palermo) - paintings about St. Olivia
• Church of Madre (Palma di Montechiaro) - altar painting
• Castello Ursino - The Triumph of Piety

• Millard Meiss: "The great Age of Frescoes, Discoveries, Recoveries ans Survivals." - London, 1970.
• Rudolf Wittkower: "Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750." - Harmonsworth, 1980.

• Biography on the website of the Palermo commune (inaccessible link)
• About the painting “The Triumph of Piety”