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Giacomo del Pò (1654 – 15 November 1726), also spelled ''del Po'', was an Italian painter of the

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. He was born in

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(other sources say

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), the son of

Pietro del Pò Pietro del Pò (1616 – 22 July 1692), also spelled ''del Po'', was an Italian painter, engraver, and draughtsman of the Baroque. He was more distinguished as an engraver than as a painter. Early life Pietro was born in Palermo in 1616, th ...

who was also his teacher. He was admitted to the Roman

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. He was chiefly occupied in decorating the mansions of the Neapolitan nobility with emblematical and allegorical subjects. Rome possesses only two of his pictures, one in the church of

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, and the other in

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. He also worked in Naples, where he painted frescoes for the Palatine chapel in the

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. He was a contributor to the scenography of the operas ''

Giasone ''Giasone'' (''Jason'') is an opera in three acts and a prologue with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini. It was premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano, Venice on 5 January 1649, during carnival. The plot is loos ...

'', ''il Minotauro'', and ''Arianna'' at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.Le belle arti
Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 225. He collaborated with Francesco di Maria and

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 ...

, in the frescoes for the Palazzo Carafa and the palace of the Prince Caracciolo de Avellino. He painted frescoes in the gallery of the Marquis of Genzano. He also painted frescoes in the Milano Chapel of San Domenico Maggiore and in the church of

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. he painted canvases for Church of Santa Maria di Sette Dolori and

Santa Teresa degli Scalzi Santa Teresa degli Scalzi (previously known as the church of Santa Teresa al Museo, or of Santa Teresa agli studi or della Madre di Dio) is a church in Naples, Italy, located in via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, a wide street opened during 1806–181 ...

. He also painted in the Basilica of San Antonio and the cathedral in

Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...

. He painted frescoes in the Belvedere palace in Vienna for Eugene of Savoy. He died in Naples in 1726.

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