Belisario Corenzio (Greek: Βελισσάριος Κορένσιος 1558–1646) was a Greek-Italian painter, active in Venice and Naples.

Other similar Greek painters were Marco Basaiti, Ioannis Permeniates, Antonio Vassilacchi and El Greco.

His apprentices included: Luigi Rodriguez, Andrea di Leone, Onofrio De Lione and Massimo Stanzione.

An Italian legend in Naples exists involving Corenzio, Spanish painter Jusepe de Ribera, and Battistello Caracciolo.

His drawings can be found all over the world namely at the Metropolitan Museum, Museo di Capodimonte and Louvre.

[2][3][4][5][6] More recently, his life and work was studied by the Greek art historian Panayotis K. Ioannou in a comprehensive monograph (Belisario Corenzio: La Vita e le Opere).

[7] Corenzio was born in the city of Arcadia (today Kyparissia) in South West Peloponnese.

Some of the Greek painters living in Venice were Antonio Vassilacchi, Thomas Bathas and Emmanuel Tzanfournaris.

Art historian Bernardo de' Dominici extensively wrote about the painters of Napoli in his famous Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani in the later part of the 18th century.

For four hundred years historians have added their own versions of the story but none of the claims are grounded on solid evidence.

Another claim that involved Corenzio and the Cabal of Naples was the poisoning of famous painter Domenichino, but Dominici specifies that his relatives played a major part in his death because they wanted his money.

Three notable churches include Salerno Cathedral, Santi Severino e Sossio, and Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples.

He taught fresco painting in Naples some of his students also included painters Onofrio De Lione, Massimo Stanzione and Andrea di Leone.

[15][16][17] His earliest work was during the 1590s he painted the Medici Chapel of Gragnano which is part of the Santi Severino e Sossio and Certosa di San Martino.

There is evidence that Corenzio painted parts of the Castel Capuano from dated payments of the Banco di Napoli in 1608.

[18] In 1609, he decorated the vaults of the nave, transept, and choir of church of Santi Severino e Sossio.

He created four canvases for the Santa Maria Del Popolo (Christmas, Epiphany, Presentation and the Rest in Egypt).

A similar church existed resembling San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice.

The church served the local Greek Orthodox population and it was called the Santi Pietro e Paolo dei Greci (Naples, Italy).