Andrea Carrera

Andrea Carrera or Carreca (1590 – 3 February 1677) was an Italian Baroque painter mainly active in Sicily.

He was the son of Andrea and Mattia di Vincenzo, making him nephew to the painters Vito and Giuseppe Carrera;.

He studied under his uncle Vito and also attended the studios of Pietro Novelli in Palermo and Anthony van Dyck in Rome.

[1] The majority of his works are in Trapani, the rest of western Sicily and Palermo – some from demolished churches are in the Museo Pepoli,[1] such as Jacob's Dream, Madonna and Child with St Anthony and Angels, Madonna of the Rosary and St Albert the Carmelite.

In 1675 he also produced paintings for the Saint Gaetano chapel in Mazara del Vallo Cathedral.