ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the cultural relations between the Kingdom of Seville and other regions of the Italian peninsula, such as Venice and those that were under Spanish rule, whose citizens had a scarce presence there. Research work carried out in historical archives so far has revealed that there were no other Italian nations as present in southern Spain as the Florentines and the Genoese. In the seventeenth century, Venetian painting decisively influenced the stylistic evolution of the Sevillian school. Pacheco must have been well versed in Venetian painting since his writings indicate an awareness of Venetian art theory and practice. Milanese influence arrived in Seville from the hand of the Duchy’s artists. One of the most valued painters in Sicily was Pietro Novelli, who had been hired by the Duke of Montalto, along with other artists such as Vincenzo La Barbera, to decorate the Sala Montalto of the Palazzo dei Normanni.
