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Tommaso Martini

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Tommaso Martini (Bivongi, Calabria, 1688 – 5 January 1755) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.

Biography

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By 1723, he had moved to Naples. He is said to have trained with Francesco Solimena, and later under Luca Giordano. He was active in Naples and Rome.[1] He painted an altarpiece of "Virgin and Saints" for the church of Chiesa della SS. Trinità in Petrizzi.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 71 (2008), entry by Francesca Mangiola.
  2. ^ Scuole24 Ore article on Petrizzi altarpiece.