Paolo de Maio or Paolo de Majo (15 January 1703 – 20 April 1784) was an

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painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.

Biography

Paolo de Maio was born in

Marcianise Marcianise is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy. History In the area of the commune of Marcianise numerous tombs of Etruscan and Roman age have been excavated, although Oscan elements should have pre-exist ...

, province of Caserta, in the region of

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. His brother Ludovico de Majo (born in Maricianise on 12 October 1695) was also a painter. Paolo de Maio was a pupil of

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in Naples. He was prolific in Naples, painting the cupola and around the windows for the church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella; a ''San Domenico'' (1742) for the church of

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at Corso Umberto; a ''San Niccolò'' (1772) for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli; the ''Four Evangelists'' for the church of Trinità in via Roma; as well as frescoes for the ceiling of the church of

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. He painted a canvas depicting ''San Gennaro'' for a church in

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, as well as ''Evangelists'' (1782) for the church of Verginiani in

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. He painted a number of canvases in the 1760s for the church of the Camaldoli of

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(Visciano).Conte a Nolana website
biography. Paolo de Maio died in Naples.

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* 1704 births 1784 deaths People from Marcianise 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub