# Gaspare Testone

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**Gaspare Testone** (8 May 1704 – 1801) was an Italian painter and architect, active in [Sicily](/source/Sicily). He painted sacred subjects, primarily in the [Baroque](/source/Baroque_art) style[1]

## Biography

[Testone](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testone_(famiglia)) was born to the daughter of the painter [Michele Blasco](/source/Michele_Blasco) in [Sciacca](/source/Sciacca). He began learning under [Francesco Aversa](/source/Francesco_Aversa), a pupil of Blasco. He then moved to train in [Palermo](/source/Palermo). He painted a *Death of St Joseph*, and a *St Benedict destroy the Idols and chases the Demons from Monte Cassino* for Santa Maria dell'Itria. he also painted still lifes, [genre](/source/Genre_art) scenes, and portraits. He also painted a *Holy Family*, a *St Scolastica*, and the *Martyrdom of St Eufemia*. He painted a *San Biagio*, a *Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple*, an *Annunciation*, and a *Massacre of the Innocents*. For the church of Santa Margherita, he painted an *Adoration of the Magi* and a *Nativity* (design by [Sebastiano Conca](/source/Sebastiano_Conca)). Also in Sciacca, he painted a *St. Cataldo* and painted for the Santuario di [San Calogero](/source/San_Calogero) a canvas depicting *St Zosimo Administers the Eucharist to St Maria Egiziaca*.[2]

## References

1. Siracusano, Citti: La Pittura del Settecento in Sicilia, De Luca Editore (1986). [https://www.google.it/books/edition/Per_Citti_Siracusano/bcuhMQEACAAJ?hl=it](https://www.google.it/books/edition/Per_Citti_Siracusano/bcuhMQEACAAJ?hl=it)

1. Farina, Vincenzo (1867). [*Biografie di uomini illustri nati in Sciacca compilate dal sac*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7g4oCnlcyQsC) (in Italian). Tipogarfia Guttemberg. pp. 292–297.

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