Giacomo Farelli (1629 in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
– 26 June 1706) was an Italian painter active in Naples.
Biography
He trained under
Andrea Vaccaro, whose style he at first followed, but he afterwards imitated with more success that of
Guido Reni and
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.
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He painted a ''The Fall of the Angels,'' and ''The Ascension'' for the church of
Santa Maria Maggiore of Naples. He also painted for the church of
Santi Apostoli and the church of the
Redenzione dei Cattivi.
He also painted for
Pietà dei Turchini,
Gesù Nuovo,
Santi Apostoli and for the Congregation of Sette Dolori in Naples. He returned to Abruzzo, and painted a large fresco in the Palazzo Ducale of ''Jove fights the Giants'' and ''Life of Hercules''. He also painted medallions with portraits of the Ducal family for the
Acquaviva family. He also painted for Giovanni Girolamo II in the palazzo ducale of
Atri
Atri ( sa, अत्रि) or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the on ...
. Domenici describes these frescoes on the Life of Hercules as ''poetic conceits, with a brave ideation that leads to great works''.
[Vincenzo Bindi, page 160.]
References
1624 births
1706 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Naples
18th-century Italian male artists
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