Filippo Tancredi

Filippo Tancredi (1655–1722) was an Italian painter. He was born in Messina. He trained some time in Naples, and afterwards visited Rome, where he entered the school of Carlo Maratta. He spent a great part of his life in Palermo, where he painted the ceiling of the church of the San Giuseppe dei Teatini, and that of il Gesu Nuovo. He died in Palermo.