Fedele Fischetti

The Holy Family with saint Januarius and saint Anthony of Padua, Glasgow Museums.

Fedele Fischetti (Naples, 30 March 1732 – Naples, 25 January 1792)[1] was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period.

Biography

Fischetti was mainly active as a fresco painter for palaces and villas in and around the city, including the Royal Palace at Portici.[2] He painted frescoes of the seasons, Summer and Winter, in the conversation rooms of the appartamento vecchio of the Reggio di Caserta.[3]

The exact date of his death is not known, but his last dated work is from 1792.

Two of his pupils were Paolo Girgenti and Giuseppe Camerata (born in Sciacca).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 48 (1997), Francesca Bertozzi
  2. ↑ Istituto Matteucci biography of his son, the painter Odoardo Fischetti.
  3. ↑ Caserta, Benevento and Avellino, Italy: Frommer's ShortCuts, 2012
  4. ↑ Biblioteca Centrale Regione Siciliana, page 300.
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