Domenico Viola (c.1610-1620 - 1696) was an Italian painter and draughtsman, who was born and died in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. His pupils included

Francesco de Mura Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. Life Francesco de Mura, also referred to as ''Fran ...

, whilst his contemporaries in the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

included

Michelangelo Cerquozzi Michelangelo Cerquozzi, known as Michelangelo delle Battaglie (18 February 1602 – 6 April 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter known for his genre scenes, battle pictures, small religious and mythological works and still lifes. His genre s ...

. Many paints are present in the Church of Saint Antonio Abate in Naples. Artworks by him are in several North American and European art galleries and museums, such as the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

. and four works by him have been auctioned between 2005 and 2019 (''Saint Peter Denies Christ (2004)'', ''Nine Men's Morris Players in a Tavern'', ''The Card Players'' and ''The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence'')

References

Italian Baroque painters 1696 deaths 1610s births People from Naples 17th-century Italian painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub