Pictures of
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian Renaissance composer
(1525-94)



Palestrina wrote more than 105 masses and 250 motets, as well as madrigals, magnificats, offertories, and litanies. The best-known work of Palestrina music is the mass entitled Missa Papae Marcelli.




Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina







Palestrina on a 1975 Italian postage stamp





Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.