Giulio Giacinto Avellino

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Giulio Giacinto Avellino (c. 1645 – c. 1700) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

Born in Messina, and thus known also as il Messinese. Giulio died in Ferrara, where he mainly painted. He trained with Salvator Rosa, and painted landscapes with ruins and mythic figures in his master's style. His sibling, Onofrio Avellino, was also a painter, and lived till 1740.

References

Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum, ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. p. 12.
Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione' (Volume 1). Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007. pp. page 89.
Rose, Reverend Hugh James (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary (Volume II). B. Fellowes, Ludgate St; London, et al.; Digitized by Googlebooks, May 19, 2006. pp. page 387.

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Name	Avellino, Giulio Giacinto
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Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth
Place of birth	Messina, Sicily, Italy
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