Catalani (or Catalano), Antonio (1)

Catalani (or Catalano), Antonio (1)

(called the Sicilian, or the elder), an Italian painter, was born at Messina in 1560, and probably studied at Rome. There is a fine picture of The Nativity by him in the Church of the Capuchins at Gesso. He died in 1630. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, s.v.