Pietrafesa (painter)

Giovanni De Gregorio
Pietà, 1608, St. Francis Churh, Potenza
Born	1579 or 1580 Pietrafesa (now Satriano di Lucania), Basilicata, Italy
Died	1656 Pignola
Other names	il Pietrafesa
Occupation	artist

Giovanni De Gregorio, known as il Pietrafesa (1579 or 1580 in Pietrafesa (now Satriano di Lucania) - 1656 in Pignola, active 1653) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in the Basilicata region. He painted an altar-piece of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary for the chapel of the convent of Marsico Nuovo.