Pietro Paolo Vasta

Piero or Pietro Paolo Vasta (31 July 1697 - 28 November 1760) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in the east of his native Sicily.

and initially trained with both the painters Giacinto Platania and Antonio Filocamo, who directed the fresco decoration in 1711 of the Cathedral of Acireale.

Vasta was apparently admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome; however, little of his work here is known.

He would next add frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament to the Cathedral, here competing with Costanzo for the commission.

[2] Among the churches in Acireale containing his paintings are the Santi Pietro e Paolo, Santa Maria del Suffragio, and San Camillo (also known as Chiesa dei Crociferi).