Alonzo Rodriguez

Alonzo Rodriguez (1578 – 22 April 1648), sometimes rendered Alfonso Rodriquez was a painter largely active in Messina.

[1] Rodriguez' career was first recorded by Francesco Susinno in his Le vite de' pittori messinesi, dated 1724.

His brothers Antonio and Luigi went to Palermo and Rome (or Naples) respectively, while Alonzo went to Venice.

[4] By 1614 he was back in Messina, where he enjoyed success, turning out paintings in the style of the Venetian School and of Caravaggio.

[2] Alonzo's style of painting eventually went out of fashion and he fell on hard times.