Giuseppe Velasquez (Velasco)

Born 10 December 1750, in Palermo; died 7 February 1826, in Palermo.

Painter.

Giuseppe Velasco was a pupil of G. Mercurio. He painted numerous altarpieces in churches in Palermo and other towns in Sicily.

"VELASCO, Giuseppe." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00189219 (accessed April 16, 2012).