Giacomo del Po - Artist Info

About Giacomo del Po

  • Biography

    Giacomo del Pò (1654 – 15 November 1726), also spelled del Po, was an Italian painter of the Baroque* style. He was born in Palermo (other sources say Rome or Naples), the son of Pietro del Pò who was also his teacher.

    He was admitted to the Roman Accademia di San Luca*. 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 Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, and the other in Santa Marta al Collegio Romano.

    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...

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