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Pietro Aquila

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Portrait of Livio Odescalchi by Jacob Ferdinand Voet, engraving and frame done by Pietro Aquila, Walters Art Museum, 1677

Pietro Aquila (c. 1630-1692) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Baroque period. He was born in Palermo. He mentored his nephew, the printmaker Francesco Faraone Aquila.

References

  • Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione' (Volume 1). Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007. p. 71.
  • Getty ULAN entry.