Emidio Pallotta
Emidio Pallotta (1803-1868) was an Italian painter and architect, active mainly in his native Tolentino in the region of Marche.[1]
Biography
He studied in Rome under Tommaso Minardi, but returned to his native town to work under Giuseppe Lucatelli. He ran a school of drawing in Tolentino, and painted portraits of townspeople now kept in city hall. He frescoed in the Basilica di San Nicola a Tolentino. He designed the façade of the city Hall.[2]
References
- ^ Cultura Italia, note on fresco in Tolentino.
- ^ Tommaso Minardi e la sua scuola, by Ernesto Ovidi, page 118.