Nicola Malinconico (16631721) was a

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painter of the late-

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. He is described as a follower of

Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Earl ...

, and painted mostly religious canvases. He painted the chapel altarpieces for the church of St Michele Arcangelo in

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. He also painted still life paintings recalling work by Pietro Paolo Bonzi and

Paolo Porpora Paolo Porpora (1617–1673) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, who was active mainly in Naples and specialized in floral still lifes. He is documented as a pupil of Giacomo Recco, the father of Giuseppe Recco, and said to have worked u ...

and influenced by the

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still life painter David de Coninck. Around 1700, he was commissioned by bishop Oronzo Filomarino to decorate the cathedral of

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in the province of Lecce. He completed large canvases of ''Christ clearing the moneylenders from the temple'' in the counter-facade; ''Entry into Jerusalem'', ''Miracle of the lame'', ''Burial of Saint Agatha''. On the ceiling he painted ''Saint Agatha stops the Eruption of the Etna volcano''; ''Saint Agatha visits St. Peter in jail''; the ''Glory of Saint Agatha'', ''Trial and condemnation of Saint Agatha'' (1715), and ''Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian''. A second cycle of paintings was completed with the help of his son Carlo. Cathedral of Gallipoli

Sources

at Artcyclopedia *B. Painting and Sculpture. Oreste Ferrari The Burlington Magazine (1979) p 263. Achille della Ragione - Nicola Malinconico pittore di natura morta - Napoli 2009

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1663 births 1721 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub