Angelo Mozzillo (24 October 1736 in
Afragola
Afragola (; nap, Afrahola , ) is a city and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It is one of the 100 largest Italian cities (the ones that have a population of more than 63,000 inhabitants).
The communal territory, measu ...
– May 1810, in Nola) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque, active near
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 ...
, Italy.
He initially trained with a
Giuseppe Bonito (Peppariello). After 1758, he left Afragola and moved to Nola. He then moved to study in the
Academy of Fine Arts of Naples
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Naples Academy of Fine Arts) is a university-level art school in Naples. In the past it has been known as the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti and the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti. Founded by King Charles VII o ...
under
Giuseppe Bonito and
Paolo de Maio
Paolo de Maio or Paolo de Majo (15 January 1703 – 20 April 1784) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.
Biography
Paolo de Maio was born in Marcianise, province of Caserta, in the region of Campania. His brother Ludovi ...
. In
Nola, he painted several painting: an ''Immaculate Conception'' for the Cappella Nuova; a ''San Nicola di Bari'', and a ''St Francesco di Paola''. He also painted for the church of
San Raffaele, Naples
San Raffaele (also known as San Raffaele a Materdei or properly, Santi Raffaele e Margherita da Cortona) is a church on Via Amato di Montecassino, in the quartiere of Materdei in Naples, Italy.
The church was founded in 1759 built on designs of ...
.
Contea Nolana
, entry on artist.
References
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1736 births
Year of death unknown
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Rococo painters
Painters from Naples
18th-century Italian male artists