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Antonio Barbalonga or Barbalunga (1600 – 2 November 1649) also called Antonio Alberti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a member of the noble family of the Alberti born at Messina and was there instructed in painting by Simone Comandé. He went to Rome where he became a pupil of Domenichino whose style he imitated with great skill. Barbalonga executed a great number of paintings for churches his chief work being the Conversion of St. Paul for the convent church of St.
