Domenico Battaglia (

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, 1842 – Naples, 1904) was an Italian painter, mainly of interior

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Biography

He was a member of the Neapolitan

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. He studied at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, and later became an honorary professor. He obtained various medals at Exhibitions including a medal of great merit for his work displayed at the World Exposition of Vienna, where he submitted the painting: ''After Prayer''. Other paintings include ''Inside the choir of San Severino in Naples''; ''Interior of Sacristy of San Martino in Naples'', awarded a prize in

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; and another ''Interior of Choir of San Severino'', ''Un coretto'' ; ''Carmine Giordano'', exhibited in Paris; ''

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and the Stabat Mater'' exhibited in London, and a ''Winter Forest''. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 42.

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