Girolamo Alibrandi

Alibrandi received his first instruction in the school of the Antonj. The fame which Antonello da Messina, his countryman, had acquired in Venice, induced him to visit that city. While there he received for a short time instruction from Antonello. He also enjoyed the friendship of Giorgione. Alibrandi afterwards went to Milan, where he became a disciple of Leonardo da Vinci. Alibrandi then went to Rome and studied the antique artifacts and the works of Raphael. From Rome he went to Parma, and thence back to Messina, where the town possesses his best works.

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His most important of work was a large picture of the Presentation in the Temple, painted in 1519 for the Chiesa della Candelora. It was later transferred into the church of San Nicolò dei Gentiluomini, and then, following severe damage in the earthquake of 1908, to the collection of the Museo Civico in Messina, where it remains.{{cite web|title=Museo Regionale di Messina|url=http://www.giovaniartisti.it/gm/2004/messina.htm|publisher=Museo Regionale di Messina|accessdate=5 May 2016}} He also painted a Purification of the Virgin now in the Cathedral of Messina.[http://www.grifasi-sicilia.com/personaggimessina.htm Biographies of persons from Messina]. Alibrando died of the plague in 1524 at Messina.{{harvnb|Bryan|1886}}

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Category:1470 births

Category:1524 deaths

Category:Painters from Messina

Category:15th-century Italian painters

Category:Italian male painters

Category:16th-century Italian painters

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