Emanuele da Como

Fra Emanuele da Como, born in 1625, was a Franciscan monk, and studied art under the direction of Agostino Scilla at Messina. He distinguished himself by his pure and simple style, which is the more creditable as he flourished at a time when taste for art was in a most deplorable state. Several frescoes by him are in the library of the Irish convent of St. Isidore at Rome. He died in 1701.