Francesco Comande

Francesco Comande (16th century) was an Italian painter of a Renaissance style, born and active in Messina, Sicily.

He was a pupil of Deodato Guinaccia.[1] His brother Simone Comande, born in 1588, was also a painter, and collaborated with his brother. Their styles differed with Simone having a style more influenced by the Venetian school. Simone painted a Martyrdom of St Bartholemew in Messina, and an Adoration of the Magi for the monastery of Basicò.

Sources

  1. Guida del Viagiatore in Sicilia., by Salvatore Lanza, Presso I Fratelli Pedone Lauriel, Palermo (1859), page LXII.
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