Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (June 3, 1678 – June 13, 1745) was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect. He created many important sculptural and architectural projects in

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. His later works are executed in an individualistic

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style.Alexander Kader and Antonia Boström. "Vaccaro." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 Jun. 2016

Life

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro was born in

as the son of

Lorenzo Vaccaro Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655 – 10 August 1706) was an Italian late- Baroque sculptor. He worked in a formalized restrained style. He was born in Naples, the son of a lawyer. He apprenticed with Cosimo Fanzago Cosimo Fanzago (Clusone, 12 October 1591 ...

. His father Lorenzo was a pupil of

Cosimo Fanzago Cosimo Fanzago (Clusone, 12 October 1591 – Napoli, 13 February 1678) was an Italian architect and sculptor, generally considered the greatest such artist of the Baroque period in Naples, Italy. Facade Santa Maria della Sapienza. Biography Fanz ...

. Domenico Antonio Vaccaro first studied under his father. He subsequently trained in the workshop of

Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of ...

He initially dedicated himself to painting but from around 1707 he appears to have practised almost exclusively as a sculptor and architect. In the 1730s he resumed painting. Works of interest include a statue of ''Moses'' in the church of San Ferdinando, interior work at the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Portico, and the statues of ''Penitence'' and ''Solitude'' on the premises of the monastery (now museum) of San Martino. He also designed the Palazzo Tarsia and Palazzo Caravita at

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, the church of San Giovanni at

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, and he reconstructed the

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.F. Milizia He helped reconstruct the church of

Santa Maria della Pace Santa Maria della Pace is a church in Rome, central Italy, not far from Piazza Navona. The building lies in rione Ponte. History The current building was built on the foundations of the pre-existing church of Sant'Andrea de Aquarizariis in 1482 ...

, damaged after an earthquake. He designed the Palace of the Immacolatella at the water's edge in central Naples. He designed the small church of Santa Maria della Concezione a Montecalvario, Naples. Domenico Antonio Vaccaro - Allegory of the Papacy of Clement XI - Walters 371897

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro - Allegory of the Papacy of Clement XI - Walters 371897

Selected works

Architecture

*Church

San Michele Arcangelo, Naples San Michele Arcangelo or San Michele a Port'Alba is one of four major churches facing Piazza Dante in Naples, Italy. It stands near Port'Alba, a city gate opening to the piazza. Construction of the church, originally called ''Santa Maria della ...

*Church Santa Maria della Concezione a Montecalvario, Naples * Palace of the Immacolatella, Naples *Church Santa Maria della Stella, Naples (completion)

Sculptures

*San Gennaro,

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*Guardian angel, in

San Paolo Maggiore San Paolo Maggiore is a basilica church in Naples, southern Italy, and the burial place of Gaetano Thiene, known as Saint Cajetan, founder of the Order of Clerics Regular (or Theatines). It is located on Piazza Gaetano, about 1-2 blocks north of V ...

church, Naples

References

Sources

*Francesco Milizia
''The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern.''
Volume I, (1826) Translated by Mrs. Edward Cresy, J. Taylor Architectural Library, High Holborn, London, Page 321. *Benedetto Gravagnuolo e Fiammetta Adriani, ''Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. Sintesi delle Arti'', Naples, Guida, 2005. *Vincenzo Rizzo, ''Lorenzo e Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. Apoteosi di un binomio'', Naples, Altrastampa, 2001.

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