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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 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 Royal Palace. He was a contributor to the scenography of the operas '' Giasone'', ''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 Francesco di Maria (1623–1690) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Domenichino. Maria was an early mentor of Francesco Solimena, Giacomo del Pò, and Paolo de Matteis Paolo de ...

and Francesco de Mura, 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

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

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

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1654 births 1726 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Palermo Italian Baroque painters Painters from Naples Fresco painters Catholic painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub