Andrea Carrera
Andrea Carrera or Carreca (1590 – 3 February 1677) was an Italian Baroque painter mainly active in Sicily. He was born in Trapani and died in Palermo. Life. He was the son of Andrea and Mattia di Vincenzo, making him nephew to the painters Vito and Giuseppe Carrera;. He studied literature and philosophy in Trapani before studying civil and canon law in Catania. He studied under his uncle Vito and also attended the studios of Pietro Novelli in Palermo and Anthony van Dyck in Rome. His panel paintings also show clear influence from Caravaggio, who was working in Palermo  in 1609, whilst his art as a whole also shows borrowings from Venetian painting and Novelli. The majority of his works are in Trapani, the rest of western Sicily and Palermo – some from demolished churches are in the Museo Pepoli, such as "Jacob's Dream", "Madonna and Child with St Anthony and Angels", "Madonna of the Rosary" and "St Albert the Carmelite". In Trapani, the collegiata di San Pietro Apostolo and churches of Santa Maria del Soccorso (the "Badia Nuova") and San Domenico ("Martyrdom of St Peter") house paintings by him. In 1672 he produced frescoes for a chapel in  Palermo Cathedral, a chapel of the Casa Professa and the chancel of San Giuseppe dei Teatini church in collaboration with Calandricci. In 1675 he also produced paintings for the Saint Gaetano chapel in Mazara del Vallo Cathedral. He is buried in San Giuseppe dei Teatini in Palermo.