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Francesco Comande 
Summary
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 edit
- Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 239.
- ^ Guida del Viagiatore in Sicilia., by Salvatore Lanza, Presso I Fratelli Pedone Lauriel, Palermo (1859), page LXII.