Geronimo Gerardi (1595–1648) was a Flemish artist active in Italy. He was born Guilliam Walsgart or Hyeronimus Gerards.
Life Born in Antwerp, in his youth he came into contact with Rubens and with Anthony van Dyck. From 1620 onwards he was active in Palermo and Trapani in Sicily, acting as Flemish consular agent in Trapani in 1631, remaining in that city until his death. During his time on the island he remained in contact with other Flemish painters there such as Antoon van Dyck and Giovanni Basquens.
The art historian Giovanni Mendola believes that his name ought to be the Italianisation of Guglielmo Walsgart, who he initially held to be another painter. G.Mendola, Un approdo sicuro. Nuovi documenti per Van Dyck e Gerardi a Palermo, in Porto di Pittori e pittura a Palermo, 1570-1670, exhibition catalogue, V. Abbate et al. (editors), Electa, Napoli 1999, pp. 88-105
Works
Miracle of Saint Isidore Agricola (1641), private collectionAntonello Governale
Province of Palermo
Ciminna
Madonna and Child Crowning Saint Rosalia with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Roch''' (1627), oil on canvas, church of San Giovanni Battista
Palermo
Nativity, painting, oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico. Immaculate Conception (1628–1631), painting, Sant'Anna la Misericordia. p 194, Gaspare Palermo, "Guida istruttiva per potersi conoscere ... tutte le magnificenze ... della Città di Palermo" , Volume secondo, Palermo, Reale Stamperia, 1816.Pagina 93, Fernando Rigon, "Fiamminghi e altri maestri: gli artisti stranieri nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto del Ministero dell'Interno" , L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2008, Pagine 140, . The Virgin Mary Offering the Missionary Standard to St Ignatius of Loyola and to St Francis Xavier, painting, Convitto Falcone. Adnkronos St Catherine of Alexandria, galleria regionale di Palazzo Abatellis.
Province of Messina
Motta d'Affermo Immaculate Conception, painting, duomo di Maria Santissima degli Angeli.
Province of Trapani
Trapani Immaculate Conception (1637), painting, opera custodita nella chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione del Collegio dei Gesuiti Madonna del Rosario con i Santi Domenico e Caterina da Siena (1647), painting, chiesa della Badìa Nuova. Twelve Apostles, set of 12 oil on canvas paintings from the Collegio Gesuitico, now in the museo regionale Agostino Pepoli.magazzini Pepoli Sant'Andrea, oil on canvas, now in the museo regionale Agostino Pepoli The Immaculate Conception, painting, church of San Francesco d'Assisi Adorazione dei pastori, oil on canvas, protobasilica cattedrale di San Lorenzo. Holy Family with St Joachim and St Anne, painting, Cappella di Sant'Alberto degli Abbati, basilica-santuario di Maria Santissima Annunziata
Genoa Banca Carige collection Saint Rosalia St Ursula''.
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