Domenico Antonio Vaccaro

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (1678-1745) was among the most representative artists of the Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo between the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries. Formed as a scultor with his father Lorenzo, afterwards he was a disciple of Francesco Solimena, under whose direction he also began to dedicate himself to painting. Adhering perfectly to the triumphal decorativism of Rococo painting, his most famous work in this style is perhaps the  Gloria della Vergine (Glory of the Virgin), currently held in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. His activity as an architect and sculptor was above all important in the area of Naples. The chapel of the Rosario in the charterhouse of San Martino in Naples, the church of the Concezione in Montecalvario, the churches of the Anime del Purgatorio and of Santa Sofia in Giugliano and the cloister of the Clarisse in Santa Chiara, once again in Naples, all have works of his.