Francesco Antonio Picchiatti
Francesco Antonio Picchiatti (10 January 1619, Ferrara – 28 August 1694, Naples) was an Italian architect of the
Biography
Francesco Antonio lived nearly all his life in Naples and worked for various Spanish viceroys. He worked under
Francesco Antonio worked on a number of projects in Naples. He aided in the reconstruction of the church of San Agostino near the Royal Mint, the church of the Divino Amore, the church and Monastery of
He helped build, and with his father design, the circular church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, which contains Caravaggio's The Seven Works of Mercy.
He helped complete the
He designed the convent of Santa Croce di Luca, begun in 1643. The convent stood at the extreme western end of the old historic city. It was demolished in 1900 to make room for the new Polyclinic hospital; a small section was left standing as an historical marker.
He also help design the cloister attached to the church of
Notes
- De Dominici, Bernardo (1846). Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napoletani, Tomo Quarto (Volume 4). Naples: Dalla Tipografia Trani. p. 123.
Sources
- ISBN 0-06-430115-X.