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Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655 – 10 August 1706) was an Italian late-

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sculptor. He worked in a formalized restrained style. He was born in

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, the son of a lawyer. He apprenticed with

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and

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. He was a close friend of

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. He was murdered at Torre del Greco in August 1706. His son

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was also a sculptor. The ceramic sculptor

Giuseppe Laguidara Giuseppe Laguidara (16971742) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active in his native Naples. He became a pupil of Lorenzo Vaccaro Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655 – 10 August 1706) was an Italian late- Baroque sculptor. He worked in a for ...

was one of his pupils. .

Sources

* ''A Bozzetto by Lorenzo Vaccaro'' Revies by Andrew Ciechanowiecki, The Burlington Magazine (1979) p250-253 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaccaro, Lorenzo 1655 births 1706 deaths 17th-century Neapolitan people 17th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 18th-century Italian sculptors Assassinated Italian people 18th-century Neapolitan people 18th-century Italian male artists