Leonardo Antonio Olivieri or Oliviero (23 February 1689 – 7 June 1752) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque.Memorie storiche degli scrittori nati nel regno di Napoli; by Camillo Minieri-Riccio, Page 243.
Biography
He initially trained in his native town of Martina Franca in Puglia, under his uncle. He then moved to Naples to study with Francesco Solimena. By 1715, he was active in Naples, working alongside Gregorio Magli.Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 79 (2013), entry by Francesco Franco. He died in Naples.
A St Peter Martyr in Glory is on display in the collections of the Pinacoteca Corrado Giaquinto in Bari.Pinacoteca di Bari , San Pietro Martire in Gloria. He painted a Baptism of Christ for the Nardò Cathedral. A Vision of St Francis of Assisi at the Museo Diocesano of Taranto is attributed to Olivieri.Fondazione de Terra d'Otranto, on the opening of the Museo Diocesano of Taranto. He also painted for the church of Santa Chiara in Nardò. he painted a Madonna dei Pellegrini (1725) for Santa Maria Mater Domini and in the monk's choir of San Gregorio Armeno of Naples. He painted a Madonna and Child with young St John, now in the Pinacoteca Provinciale of Salerno.La Citta di Salerno , article titled Quel capolavoro di Olivieri: La “Madonna con Bambino e San Giovannino” è conservata nella Pinacoteca, by Gerardo Pecci, 8 May 2015.
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