Giuseppe Palmieri
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Giuseppe Palmieri was an Italian
Italy
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 painter of the late Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 period.

Palmieri was born in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

. Orphaned as a baby, he came into the care of an uncle. As a boy, after his uncle died, he was apprenticed to an unidentified Tuscan painter, with whom he travelled through Italy
Italy
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, including a long stay in Sicily
Sicily
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. Returning to Genoa, he joined the large studio of Domenico Piola
Domenico Piola
Domenico Piola was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. His family studio was highly prolific.-Biography:Piola was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer...

, where he first gained independent commissions. He was very religious, and completed without pay some of his works for the monasteries of the Capuchin Friars
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...

 (now mostly preserved in the church of the Holy Conception in Genoa). Some pictures depicting hunting scenes were painted for King John V of Portugal. He fathered many children. He died in Genoa and was buried in the church of St. James of Carignano in Genoa.

Works

During his career Giuseppe Palmieri produced many works. Below is a list of some of his paintings:
  • St. Sebastianin the church of Santa Maria di Castello (Genoa)
  • Resurrection
    Resurrection
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     and Preaching of San Vincenzo Ferreri
    Vincent Ferrer
    Saint Vincent Ferrer was a Valencian Dominican missionary and logician.-Early life:Vincent was the fourth child of the Anglo-Scottish nobleman William Stewart Ferrer and his Spanish wife, Constantia Miguel. Legends surround his birth...

     in the church of San Domenico (Genoa)
  • Virgin
    Mary (mother of Jesus)
    Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...

     in glory with angels in the church of San Lorenzo della Costa at Santa Margherita Ligure
    Santa Margherita Ligure
    thumb|250px|Villa Durazzo.Santa Margherita Ligure is a comune in the province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 km southeast of Genoa, in the Tigullio traditional area.left|220px|thumb|16th century castle....

  • St. Anthony
    Anthony of Padua
    Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is where he was raised...

     preaches to the fishes, St. Anthony with the Child Jesus and St. Anthony preaches to Ezzelino da Romano
    Ezzelino III da Romano
    Ezzelino III da Romano was an Italian feudal lord in the March of Treviso who was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II and ruled Verona, Vicenza and Padua for almost two decades...

    ) in the church of Santissima Annunziata of Portoria (also known as the church of St. Catherine of Genoa)
  • St. John Nepomuk in the church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Campoligure
    Campo Ligure
    Campo Ligure is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 37 km northwest of Genoa.Campo Ligure borders the following municipalities: Bosio, Masone, Rossiglione, Tiglieto.- Geography :...

    )
  • Virgin and Saints in the church of Santa Caterina (Rossiglione
    Rossiglione
    Rossiglione is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 41 km northwest of Genoa....

    )
  • St. Francis
    Francis of Assisi
    Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...

     in ecstasy in the church of Santa Maria Assunta (La Spezia
    La Spezia
    La Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military...

    )
  • Christ
    Christ
    Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

     dying in the Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina
    Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina
    The Oratorio di San Giacomo della Marina is a small chapel or prayer-house at the dockside in Genoa, northern Italy.Erected in 1453, the oratory was rebuilt and decorated in the 17th century...

     (Genoa)
  • St. Joseph in the church of Santa Maria Assunta (Camogli
    Camogli
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    )
  • Ecstasy of St. Mary Magdalene preserved in the Gallery of ancient paintings of the Cassa di Risparmio of Cesena
    Galleria dei dipinti antichi della Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena
    The Galleria dei dipinti antichi della Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena or the Gallery of Antique Art of Cesena's Savings and Loan is a small, but publicly exhibited collection of artists mainly from Emilia-Romagna, amassed by a private financial house of Cesena, Italy...

  • The Flight from Egypt in private collection


The following is a list of fresco work:
  • Trinity
    Trinity
    The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...

     and Angel
    Angel
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    s in the church of St. Mary Magdalene (Genoa)
  • Last Judgment
    Last Judgment
    The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, or The Day of the Lord in Christian theology, is the final and eternal judgment by God of every nation. The concept is found in all the Canonical gospels, particularly the Gospel of Matthew. It will purportedly take place after the...

    ; fresco in the ceiling of Oratory of Assunta, near to the church of Nostra Signora Incoronata, in the quarter of Coronata (Genoa-Cornigliano).
  • Apse of the church of Santa Maria delle Vigne (Genoa)
  • Oratory of St. Anthony in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
    Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
    The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is a Catholic cathedral in Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century....

     (Genoa)
  • Convent of St. Chiara (Genoa-Albaro
    Albaro
    Albaro is a residential neighbourhood of Genoa, Italy, which covers a wide area on a hill east of the city centre, once the old comune of San Francesco d'Albaro, included in the city of Genoa in 1873....

    )

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